rodomontade

(räd′ə mən tād′, rō′də-; -täd′)

noun

arrogant boasting or blustering, ranting talk

Origin: Fr < rodomont, braggadocio, after It Rodomonte, boastful Saracen leader in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso

adjective

arrogantly boastful

to boast; brag

See rodomontade in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Pretentious boasting or bragging; bluster: “a detestable compound of vulgarity and rodomontade” (John Morley).

adjective

Pretentiously boastful or bragging.

intransitive verb ro·do·mon·tad·ed, ro·do·mon·tad·ing, ro·do·mon·tades

To boast or brag; bluster.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Italian rodomontada

Origin: , from Rodomonte, arrogant Saracen leader in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto

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