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French rodomont

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Noun

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rodomont (plural rodomonts)

  1. A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart.
    • 1598, Robert Dallington, A Method for Travell:
      The fourth of Tullies Rhetorickes, where he speaketh of a bragging Rhodomonte.
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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian rodomonte.

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Noun

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rodomont m (plural rodomonts)

  1. rodomont

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Adjective

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rodomont (feminine rodomonte, masculine plural rodomonts, feminine plural rodomontes)

  1. rodomontade (pretentiously boastful)

Descendants

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  • English: rodomont

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