| 释义 |
Definition of rodomont in English: rodomontnoun ˈrɒdəmɒnt archaic A person who boasts or brags. Example sentencesExamples - He apologizes, not wanting to be considered a Rodomont, for having to mention his military exploits again.
- I can never think how I avoided being stabbed myself or stabbing one of these two Rodomonts, and the whole business turned about me like a piece of a dream.
- Assaults on the 'liberal' academy were, for a time, consigned to opinion columns penned by conservative rodomonts.
- He quickly became mild and calm — a posture ill becoming such a Rodomont.
- This type was held up to ridicule and made a coward as well as a rodomont, as in the circumstances was only natural.
Synonyms boaster, brag, bragger, show-off, blusterer, trumpeter, swaggerer, poser, poseur, poseuse, peacock, egotist, self-publicist
Origin Late 16th century: French, from Italian rodomonte, from the name of a boastful character in the Orlando epics. |