- rhodomontade
- variant of rodomontade
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
rhodomontade
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Rhodomontade — Rhod o*mon*tade , n. See {Rodomontade}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rhodomontade — [räd΄ə mən tād′, rō΄dəmən tād; räd΄ə mən täd′, rō΄də məntäd′] n., adj., vi. archaic sp. of RODOMONTADE … English World dictionary
rhodomontade — noun vain and empty boasting • Syn: ↑braggadocio, ↑bluster, ↑rodomontade • Derivationally related forms: ↑bluster (for: ↑bluster) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rhodomontade — /rod euh mon tayd , tahd , meuhn , roh deuh /, n., adj., v., rhodomontaded, rhodomontading. Obs. rodomontade. * * * … Universalium
rhodomontade — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun & adjective & verb See rodomontade … English dictionary for students
rodomontade — 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.… … English dictionary for students
rodomontade — also rhodomontade noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from rodomont blusterer, from Italian Rodomonte, character in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo M. Boiardo Date: 1612 1. a bragging speech 2. vain boasting or bluster ; rant … New Collegiate Dictionary
Rodomontade — od uh muhn TADE; roh duh muhn TAHD is a mass noun meaning boastful talk or behavior. The term is a reference to Rodomonte, a character in Italian Renaissance epic poems Orlando innamorato and its sequel Orlando furioso . [… … Wikipedia
rodomontade — 1. adjective Pretentiously boastful. 2. noun Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour. Indeed, there is much reason to imagine that there was not the least truth in what Mr Western affirmed, especially as he laid the scene of those impurities … Wiktionary
fustian — n. 1. Bombast, rant, rhodomontade, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology. 2. Stuff, nonsense, trash, twaddle, inanity, etc. See balderdash … New dictionary of synonyms
