rodomontade

n.
Pretentious boasting or bragging; bluster: "a detestable compound of vulgarity and rodomontade" (John Morley).

adj.
Pretentiously boastful or bragging.

intr.v., -tad·ed, -tad·ing, -tades.
To boast or brag; bluster.

[French, from Italian rodomontada, from Rodomonte, arrogant Saracen leader in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.]

(rod-uh-mon-TAYD)

noun
Pretentious boasting.

adjective
Bragging

verb intr.
To boast; brag.

Etymology
From Middle French, from Italian Rodomonte, the boastful king in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.

Usage
"It is difficult to believe that a reformed and tempered man would agree to a poster of himself with the following copy: `The sum of the amusement world from which all lesser luminaries borrow light. Born in the town of Bethel, Conn., July 5, 1810. Started as a showman in 1835. He has conceived and exhibited more gigantic amusements and enterprises than any other showman that ever lived. (He) is the wealthiest manager on the face of the Earth and projector and builder of a great city, (he) has been the frequent guest of emperors, kings and queens. Once mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 4 times member of state legislature, an editor, an able writer and a popular lecturer in Europe and America.' Rodomontade and modesty aside, there is a serious Barnum worthy of our attention." — Ricky Jay, America's Prince of Humbug P.T. Barnum, The Los Angeles Times, Sep 17, 1989.

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also rhodomontade

noun

An act of boasting: boast, brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, vaunt. Informal blow¹. See praise/blame.

adjective

Characterized by or given to boasting: boastful, braggart. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, praise/blame.

verb

To talk with excessive pride: boast, brag, crow, gasconade, vaunt. Informal blow¹. See praise/blame.

rodomontade [rod‐ŏ‐mon‐tayd], a blusteringly boastful speech, or any arrogantly inflated manner of speaking or writing. See also bombast.

a bragging speech ; vain boasting or bluster; rant

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - praleri, ordskvalder
v. intr. - prale, skryde

Nederlands (Dutch)
opschepper, opscheppend

Français (French)
n. - rodomontade
v. intr. - fanfaronner, se vanter
adj. - fanfaron

Deutsch (German)
n. - Prahlerei
adj. - großspurig
v. - prahlen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καυχησιολογία, κομπασμός
adj. - καυχησιάρικος, κομπαστικός
v. - καυχησιολογώ, κομπάζω

Italiano (Italian)
smargiassata, rodomontesco, fare una smargiassata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fanfarronice (f)
adj. - fanfarrão
v. - contar bravatas

Русский (Russian)
хвастовство, хвастливый, хвастаться

Español (Spanish)
n. - fanfarronada, jactancioso, fanfarrón
v. intr. - jactarse, fanfarronear
adj. - jactancioso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skryt
adj. - skrytsamt
v. - skryta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大言不惭, 吹牛, 自吹自擂

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大言不慚, 吹牛
v. intr. - 大言不慚, 自吹自擂

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 호언장담, 허풍
v. intr. - 호언 장담하다, 허풍 떨다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 自慢する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تفاخر, تباه (صفه) متفاخر, متباه (فعل) يتفاخر, يتباهى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התרברבות, שחצנות‬
v. intr. - ‮התרברב, השתחץ‬

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