rodomontade
Meanings
Adjective
- Pretentiously boastful.
Noun
- Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.
Verb
Origin
- From French rodomontade, a reference to Rodomonte, a character in Italian Renaissance epic poems Orlando innamorato and its sequel Orlando furioso. Compare rodomontado.
Modern English dictionary
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