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rodomontade

N การ คุยโม้  โว 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RODOMONTADE

n.[See Rodomont. ] Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible.

 

RODOMONTADE

v.i.To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RODOMONTADE

Rod `o *mon *tade ", n. Etym: [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See Rodomont, n.]

 

Defn: Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. Dryden.

 

RODOMONTADE

RODOMONTADE Rod `o *mon *tade ", v. i.

 

Defn: To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rodomontade

rod o mon tade |ˌrädəmənˈtād, ˌrōd -, -ˈtäd ˌrɑdəmənˈteɪd | noun boastful or inflated talk or behavior. verb [ no obj. ] archaic talk boastfully. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, from obsolete Italian rodomontada, from Italian rodomonte, from the name of a boastful character in the medieval Orlando epics.

 

Oxford Dictionary

rodomontade

rodomontade |ˌrɒdə (ʊ )mɒnˈteɪd | noun [ mass noun ] boastful or inflated talk or behaviour. verb [ no obj. ] archaic talk boastfully. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, from obsolete Italian rodomontada, from Italian rodomonte, from the name of a boastful character in the medieval Orlando epics.

 

Duden Dictionary

Rodomontade

Ro do mon ta de Substantiv, feminin selten , die |Rodomont a de |die Rodomontade; Genitiv: der Rodomontade, Plural: die Rodomontaden italienisch-französisch ; nach der Gestalt des heldenhaften und stolzen Rodomonte (»Bergroller «) in Werken der italienischen Dichter Boiardo und Ariost Aufschneiderei, Großsprecherei

 

French Dictionary

rodomontade

rodomontade n. f. nom féminin Vantardise. : Ses rodomontades sont exaspérantes. SYNONYME bravade ; exagération ; fanfaronnade .