rodomont
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɹɒdəmɒnt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editrodomont (plural rodomonts)
- 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.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “rodomont”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian rodomonte.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrodomont m (plural rodomonts)
Derived terms
editAdjective
editrodomont (feminine rodomonte, masculine plural rodomonts, feminine plural rodomontes)
- rodomontade (pretentiously boastful)
Descendants
edit- → English: rodomont
Further reading
edit- “rodomont”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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