rodomontade

noun

ro·do·mon·tade | \ ˌrä-də-mən-ˈtād

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, ˌrō-, -ˈtäd \

variants: or less commonly rhodomontade

Definition of rodomontade

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."

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

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“Rodomontade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rodomontade. Accessed 16 Aug. 2022.

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