rodomontade

noun

ro·do·mon·tade ˌrä-də-mən-ˈtād How to pronounce rodomontade (audio)

ˌrō-,

-ˈtäd

variants or less commonly rhodomontade

: a bragging speech

: vain boasting or bluster : rant

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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. 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."

rodomontade

noun

variants also rhodomontade

as in rhetoric

boastful speech or writing for all of its jingoistic rodomontade, the government had no thought-out plan for the war and its aftermath

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单词	rodomontade
释义	rodomontade noun ro·do·mon·tade ˌrä-də-mən-ˈtād ˌrō-, -ˈtäd variants or less commonly rhodomontade 1 : a bragging speech 2 : vain boasting or bluster : rant 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. 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." Synonyms bluster bombast brag braggadocio bull [slang] cockalorum fanfaronade gas gasconade grandiloquence hot air magniloquence rant See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences for all of its jingoistic rodomontade, the government had no thought-out plan for the war and its aftermath Word History Etymology French, from Middle French, from rodomont blusterer, from Italian Rodomonte, character in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo M. Boiardo First Known Use 1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1 rodomontade noun variants also rhodomontade as in rhetoric boastful speech or writing for all of its jingoistic rodomontade, the government had no thought-out plan for the war and its aftermath Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance rhetoric magniloquence cockalorum grandiloquence braggadocio gasconade bluster fanfaronade bombast rant bull pomposity turgidity prattle brag bloviation oratory hot air windiness verbosity gas rhapsody prating babble gabble jabber gibber egotism jawing drivel gibberish swagger vaunt wind yammering patter chatter blab self-conceit self-importance
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