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   rodomontade

   /ˌrɒdəmɒnˈteɪd/

   noun

   • 1. boastful or inflated talk or behaviour: "the corrupting effect the vogue for macho rodomontade may have even upon a civilized man"

   verb

   • 1. talk boastfully: archaic "he soon finds out there's nothing to be gained by rodomontading"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French, from obsolete Italian rodomontada, from Italian rodomonte, from the name of a boastful character in the medieval Orlando epics.

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   What does rodomontade mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! RODOMONTADE definition: 1. talk or behaviour that is boastful (= praising yourself too much) or exaggerated (= making…. Learn more.

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   What does Rodomont mean in English?

   • In the late 16th century, English speakers began to use rodomont as a noun meaning "braggart." Soon afterwards, rodomontade entered the language as a noun meaning "empty bluster" or "bragging speech," and later as an adjective meaning "boastful" or "ranting."

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   Where did rodomontade come from?

   • Did you know? Rodomontade (which can also be spelled rhodomontade) originated in Italian poetry. Rodomonte was a fierce and boastful king in Orlando Innamorato, Count Matteo M. Boiardo's late 15th century epic, and later in the 1516 sequel Orlando Furioso, written by poet Lodovico Ariosto.

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   Is there a rodomontade in he about the charms of the country?

   • There is not a bit of rodomontade in him about the charms of the country, from beginning to end; if there were, we should despise him. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

   RODOMONTADE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   What can be gained by rodomontading?

   • There's nothing to be gained by rodomontading. He spoke with warmth and feeling, but with an entire absence of boastfulness or rodomontade. At first the accompanist, accustomed to the rodomontade of voice as well as gesture of the excited performers, was not aware of the interloper.

   RODOMONTADE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   What is indulging in rodomontade?

   • That is indulging in rodomontade which has no practical bearing on the question. It is lavish, it contains rodomontade, it is literary, sentimental and florid. They did so, and a day it was, of boast, and swagger, and "rodomontade". These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › rodomontadeRODOMONTADE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Rodomontade is a noun or verb that means boastful or exaggerated talk or behaviour. Learn how to use it in sentences with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary and other sources.

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     talk or behavior that is boastful (= praising yourself too...

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   Rodomontade (/ r ɒ d ə m ɒ n ˈ t ɑː d ˌ-ˈ t eɪ d /) is a mass noun meaning boastful talk or behavior. The term is a reference to Rodomonte, a character in the Italian Renaissance epic poem Orlando innamorato and its sequel Orlando furioso.

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   Rodomontade is a noun meaning "bragging speech" or "vain boasting." It comes from Italian poetry and originated in the 16th century. See synonyms, examples, word history, and more.

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   Rodomontade definition: vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.. See examples of RODOMONTADE used in a sentence.

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   Rodomontade is a literary word for boastful or arrogant talk or behaviour. It comes from the name of a braggart king in Italian epic poems. Learn more about its origin, synonyms, and usage with examples.

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   Rodomontade is a noun or verb that means boastful or exaggerated talk or behavior. Learn how to use it in sentences, how to pronounce it and see translations in Chinese.

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   Definitions of rodomontade. noun. vain and empty boasting. synonyms: bluster, braggadocio, rhodomontade. see more. see less. type of: boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise. speaking of yourself in superlatives.