rhodomontade

1 of 2

noun (1)

rho·​do·​mon·​tade

less common spelling of rodomontade

1

: a bragging speech

2

: vain boasting or bluster : rant

rodomontade

2 of 2

noun (2)

ro·​do·​mon·​tade ˌrä-də-mən-ˈtād 

ˌrō-, 

-ˈtäd

variants or less commonly rhodomontade

1

: a bragging speech

2

: vain boasting or bluster : rant

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Rodomontade (which can also be spelled rhodomontade) originated in Italian poetry. Rodomonte was a fierce and boastful king in Orlando Innamorato, Count Matteo M. Boiardo's late 15th century epic, and later in the 1516 sequel Orlando Furioso, written by poet Lodovico Ariosto. In the late 16th century, English speakers began to use rodomont as a noun meaning "braggart." Soon afterwards, rodomontade entered the language as a noun meaning "empty bluster" or "bragging speech," and later as an adjective meaning "boastful" or "ranting."

Synonyms of rhodomontade

Noun (2)

• rhetoric
• magniloquence
• braggadocio
• grandiloquence
• bluster
• gasconade

Examples of rhodomontade in a Sentence

Noun (2)

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

Word History

Etymology

Noun (2)

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

First Known Use

Noun (2)

1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for rhodomontade

• daunted
• flaunted
• haunted
• taunted
• vaunted
• wanted
• undaunted
• unwanted