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Rodomontade

//ˌɹɑ.də.mənˈteɪd// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pretentiously boastful.
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    vain and empty boasting wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To boast, brag or bluster pretentiously. archaic

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

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.

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