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rodomontade - 5 dictionary results
rod⋅o⋅mon⋅tade
[rod-uh-mon-teyd, -tahd, -muh
n-, roh-duh-]
noun, adjective, verb, -tad⋅ed, -tad⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk. |
–adjective
| 2. | bragging. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to boast; brag; talk big. |
Origin:
1605–15; < MF < It Rodomonte, the boastful king of Algiers in Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso + MF -ade -ade 1
1605–15; < MF < It Rodomonte, the boastful king of Algiers in Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso + MF -ade -ade 1

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Rodomontade
Rod`o*mon*tade"\, n. [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See Rodomont, n.] Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. --Dryden.Rodomontade
Rod`o*mon*tade"\, v. i. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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