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rodomont|ˈrɒdəmɒnt|
Also 7 rodomond, 7–9 rodomonte, 6–7 rhodomonte.
[a. F. rodomont or It. rodomonte, from the name of the boastful Saracen leader in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso.]
A great bragger or boaster. Now arch.
1598Dallington Meth. Trav. X. 4, The fourth of Tullies Rhetorickes, where he speaketh of a bragging Rhodomonte. 1600O. E. (M. Sutcliffe) Repl. Libel i. viii. 207 As if there were more terrible Rodomontes among the Spaniardes, then otherwhere. 1661Boyle Style of Script. 69 St. Jude argues with the Rodomonts of his Time. 1770Baretti Journ. Lond. to Genoa II. 11 Of such rodomonts I am told that Portugal has even a larger number than of idlers. [1893Stevenson Catriona 362, I can never think how I avoided being stabbed myself or stabbing one of these two Rodomonts.]
attrib. and Comb.1611Cotgr., Á pied de plomb,..Rodomont-like. 1626B. Jonson Masques Wks. (1692) 646 Who had thought to have..triumpht our whole Nation, In his Rodomont Fashion. |