adj
Meaning 1
Pretentiously boastful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
rodomontade
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌɹɒ.də.mɒnˈtɑːd/
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US: /ˌɹɑ.də.mənˈteɪd/
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noun
Meaning 2
Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 3
To boast, brag or bluster pretentiously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 4
vain and empty boasting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: braggadocio, bluster, rhodomontade
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: самохвалство (samohvalstvo) — vain boasting
- Finnish: kerskailu — vain boasting
- Finnish: rehvastelu — vain boasting
- French: rodomontade — vain boasting
- Irish: radamandádaíocht — vain boasting
- Italian: rodomontata — vain boasting
- Portuguese: fafarrice — vain boasting
- Russian: бахва́льство (baxválʹstvo) — vain boasting