rodomontade

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rodomontade

/ˌɹɒ.də.mɒnˈtɑːd/ UK
/ˌɹɒ.də.mɒnˈteɪd/ UK
/ˌɹɑ.də.mənˈteɪd/ US
/ˌɹɑ.dəˌmɑnˈteɪd/ US
/ˌɹɑ.də.mənˈtɑd/ US
/ˌɹɑ.dəˌmɑnˈtɑd/ US

Where it comes from

From French rodomontade, a reference to Rodomonte, a boastful character in the Italian Renaissance epic poems Orlando innamorato (1483) and its sequel Orlando furioso (1506–1532). Doublet of rodomontado.

noun rodomontades · rhodomontade

countable, uncountable Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour. […] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps.

adjective more rodomontade · most rodomontade · rhodomontade

Pretentiously boastful.

verb rodomontades · rodomontading · rodomontaded · rhodomontade

archaic To boast, brag or bluster pretentiously.

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noun vain boasting

Português	fafarrice
Français	rodomontade
Italiano	rodomontata
Русский	бахва́льство baxválʹstvo

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@misc{rodomontade_2026,
  title = {rodomontade},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rodomontade},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}