rodomontade

C2 Topic:Register & Style

Also spelled rhodomontade

US /ˌɹɑː.də.mənˈteɪd/ UK /ˌɹɒd.ə.mɒnˈtɑːd/ See IPA manual

Freq #315460

Meanings

1

noun
formal or literary: vain, boastful, or pretentious talk or behavior

The speech offered little policy beneath its noisy rodomontade.
2

adj
formal or literary: boastful, ranting, or pretentiously self-important

His rodomontade claims collapsed as soon as the evidence appeared.
3

verb
rare: to boast or bluster pretentiously

The defeated candidate continued to rodomontade before a dwindling audience.

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Synonyms

1 noun · formal or literary: vain,... bluster braggadocio bombast

2 adj · formal or literary:... boastful bombastic swaggering

3 verb · rare: to boast or bluster... brag bluster swagger

More bragging

Opposites

modesty humility restraint

Word family

Forms rhodomontading

Derived forms rodomontadingrodomontadist

Related forms Rodomonterhodomontadefanfaronade

Etymology

Borrowed from French rodomontade, from Rodomonte, a boastful warrior in Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando innamorato and Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso. The character's swaggering speeches made his name a byword for empty boasting. Rhodomontade is a dated spelling variant.

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# rodomontade

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌɹɑː.də.mənˈteɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɹɒd.ə.mɒnˈtɑːd/
**Frequency rank:** 315460

## Meanings
1. formal or literary: vain, boastful, or pretentious talk or behavior
2. formal or literary: boastful, ranting, or pretentiously self-important
3. rare: to boast or bluster pretentiously

## Examples
- The speech offered little policy beneath its noisy rodomontade.
- His rodomontade claims collapsed as soon as the evidence appeared.
- The defeated candidate continued to rodomontade before a dwindling audience.

## Synonyms
- bluster
- braggadocio
- bombast
- bragging

## Antonyms
- modesty
- humility
- restraint

## Derived Forms
- rodomontading
- rodomontadist

## Related Forms
- Rodomonte
- rhodomontade
- fanfaronade

## Etymology
Borrowed from French rodomontade, from Rodomonte, a boastful warrior in Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando innamorato and Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso. The character's swaggering speeches made his name a byword for empty boasting. Rhodomontade is a dated spelling variant.

## Topics
- Register & Style
- General Vocabulary

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