Rodomontade
/ˌɹɑ.də.mənˈteɪd/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour. countable, uncountable
"[…] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps."
- 2 vain and empty boasting wordnet
Verb
- 1 To boast, brag or bluster pretentiously. archaic
Adjective
- 1 Pretentiously boastful.
Example
More examples"[…] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps."
Etymology
From French rodomontade, a reference to Rodomonte, a boastful character in the Italian Renaissance epic poems Orlando innamorato (1483) and its sequel Orlando furioso (1506–1532). Doublet of rodomontado.