Rodomontade

//ˌɹɑ.də.mənˈteɪd// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

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
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pretentiously boastful.

Synonyms

All synonyms
braggadocioabsurdityamphigorybabblebabblementbalderdash

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.

More for "rodomontade"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.