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noun
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vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.
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Rodomontade
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verb (used without object)
3.
to boast; brag; talk big.
Origin:
1605–15; < Middle French < Italian Rodomonte, the boastful king of Algiers in Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso + Middle French -ade -ade1
1605–15; < Middle French < Italian Rodomonte, the boastful king of Algiers in Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso + Middle French -ade -ade1
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rodomontade
1612, "vain boasting like that of Rodomonte," character in Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso" (earlier rodomontado, 1598). The name means lit. "one who rolls (away) the mountain" in dial. It.
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