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rodo·mon·tade (räd′ə mən tād′, rō′də-; -täd′)

noun

arrogant boasting or blustering, ranting talk

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

adjective

arrogantly boastful

intransitive verb rodomontaded -·tad′ed, rodomontading -·tad′·ing

to boast; brag

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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