rodomontade

  • 21rodomontade — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bluster, pretension, grandiloquence, exaggeration; see bravado . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I also rhodomontade noun An act of boasting: boast, brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, vaunt. Informal: blow1. See PRAISE.… …

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  • 22Rodomontade — Ro|do|mon|ta|de 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: n; veraltet〉 Aufschneiderei, Prahlerei [Etym.: <ital. rodomontata nach Rodomonte, einem großtuenden riesenhaften Helden in den ital. Roland Epen (z. B. in Ariosts »Rasendem Roland«), eigtl. »Bergwälzer«… …

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  • 23rodomontade — adj. pretentious, haughty rÉ‘dÉ™mÉ™n teɪd , tɑːd / rÉ’dÉ™mÉ’n n. vain boasting; empty bluster; pretentious, bragging speech rÉ‘dÉ™mÉ™n teɪd , tɑːd / rÉ’dÉ™mÉ’n v. boast, brag rÉ‘dÉ™mÉ™n teɪd , tɑːd / rÉ’dÉ™mÉ’n …

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  • 24rodomontade —    (roh doh monh TAHD) [French, from Italian, after Rodomonte, the braggart king in Matteo Boiardo’s poem Orlando Innamorato (c. 1506)] A pretentious speech; blustering, boasting, or bragging talk …

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  • 25rodomontade — [ˌrɒdə(ʊ)mɒn teɪd] noun boastful or inflated talk or behaviour. Origin C17: from Fr., from obs. Ital. rodomontada, from Ital. rodomonte, from the name of a boastful character in the medieval Orlando epics …

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  • 26rodomontade — I. n. Blustering, bluster, boasting, bragging, rant, vain glory, gasconade. II. v. n. Boast, brag, bluster, rant, swagger, gasconade …

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  • 27rodomontade — n 1. boasting, bluster, bragging, fanfaronade, gasconade, Sl. hot air, Sl. bunk; self approbation, self praise, vainglory, vainglorious boasting; bravado, braggadocio, bombast, grandiosity, magniloquence, grandiloquence; extravagance,… …

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  • 28rodomontade — rodo·mon·tade …

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  • 29rodomontade — rod•o•mon•tade [[t]ˌrɒd ə mənˈteɪd, ˈtɑd, ˌroʊ də [/t]] n. 1) vainglorious boasting; blustering talk 2) boastful • Etymology: 1605–15; < MF, = It Rodomonte the boastful king of Algiers in Boiardo s Orlando Innamorato and Ariosto s Orlando… …

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  • 30rodomontade — /ˌrɒdəmɒnˈteɪd/ (say .roduhmon tayd), / ˈtad/ (say tahd) noun 1. vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk. –adjective 2. bragging. –verb (i) (rodomontaded, rodomontading) 3. to boast; brag; rant. {French, from Italian… …

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