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Rodomontade

Rodomontade Meaning & Definition
Rodomontade Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rodomontade?

[n] vain and empty boasting

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rodomontade: bluster | braggadocio | rhodomontade

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See Also | boast | boasting | jactitation | self-praise

Rodomontade In Webster's Dictionary

\Rod`o*mon*tade"\, n. [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See {Rodomont}, n.] Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. --Dryden.
\Rod`o*mon*tade"\, v. i. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.

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