rodomontade

ro·do·mon·tade

noun \ˌrä-də-mən-ˈtād, ˌrō-, -ˈtäd\

Definition of RODOMONTADE

1

: a bragging speech

2

: vain boasting or bluster : rant

Variants of RODOMONTADE

ro·do·mon·tade also rho·do·mon·tade \ˌrä-də-mən-ˈtād, ˌrō-, -ˈtäd\

Examples of RODOMONTADE

1. <for all of its jingoistic rodomontade, the government had no thought-out plan for the war and its aftermath>

Origin of RODOMONTADE

French, from Middle French, from rodomont blusterer, from Italian Rodomonte, character in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo M. Boiardo

First Known Use: 1612

Related to RODOMONTADE

Synonyms

bluster, brag, braggadocio, bull [slang], cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, bombast (also rhodomontade)

Related Words

oratory, rhapsody, rhetoric; pomposity, turgidity, wind; bloviation, verbosity, windiness; babble, blab, chatter, drivel, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, prattle; jawing, patter, prating, yammering; egotism, self-conceit, self-importance, swagger, vaunt

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with RODOMONTADE

fanfaronade, harlequinade, overpersuade