rodomontade

rod·o·mon·tade

arrogant boasting or blustering, ranting talk

Origin of rodomontade

French from rodomont, braggadocio, after Italian Rodomonte, boastful Saracen leader in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso

arrogantly boastful

intransitive verb

-·tad′ed, -·tad′ing

to boast; brag

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rodomontade

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.

Origin of rodomontade

French from Italian rodomontada from Rodomonte , arrogant Saracen leader in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto

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Adjective

(comparative more rodomontade, superlative most rodomontade)

Pretentiously boastful.

Noun

(plural rodomontades)

Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present rodomontades, present participle rodomontading, simple past and past participle rodomontaded)

To boast, brag or bluster pretentiously.

Origin

A reference to Rodomonte, a character in Italian Renaissance epic poems Orlando innamorato and its sequel Orlando furioso. Compare rodomontado.

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