Definition of Rodomontade. Meaning of Rodomontade. Synonyms of Rodomontade

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Definition of Rodomontade

Rodomontade
Rodomontade Rod`o*mon*tade", n. [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See Rodomont, n.] Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. --Dryden.
Rodomontade
Rodomontade Rod`o*mon*tade", v. i. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.

Meaning of Rodomontade from wikipedia

- Look up rodomontade in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rodomontade (/rɒdəmɒnˈtɑːdˌ-ˈteɪd/) is a m**** noun meaning boastful talk or behavior. The term...
- and Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, which gave rise to the word rodomontade, meaning "boastful, bragging talk" Scaramouche, a stock clown character...
- college secret society—a couple of hours of grotesque and good-humored rodomontade and horseplay, in which I cooperated as in a kind of pleasant nightmare...
- gloriosus of Roman comedy) named Capitaine Rodomonte, gave his name to the rodomontade of French theater, an extravagantly inflated and drawn-out tirade of...
- feet. Shall a petty prince such as you are contend with us? But your rodomontades (braggadocio) are not extraordinary; for a Turcoman never spake with...
- his brother-in-law and a major antagonist is named Argalia. The word rodomontade, meaning boastful or inflated talk or behavior, entered the English language...
- his arrogance and boasting. His name is the source of the expression rodomontade, meaning "boastful, bragging talk". Rodomonte is also synonymous with...
- secretly battled anxiety and depression beneath his public surface of rodomontade and bravado; he hid his personal struggles to ensure his enemies would...
- Motto (Italian motto 'word') Novel (Italian novella 'tale') Ottava rima Rodomontade (from Rodomonte, a character in Italian Renaissance epic poems Orlando...
- feet. Shall a petty prince such as you are contend with us? But your rodomontades [braggadocio] are not extraordinary; for a Turcoman never spoke with...