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rhodomontade

rhodomontade noun: dated spelling of rodomontade.

Noun

rhodomontade (countable and uncountable, plural rhodomontades)

  1. Dated spelling of rodomontade.
    • Not a glimpse can you get of the merits or defects of the performers: they are hidden in a profusion of barbarous epithets and wilful rhodomontade.1822, William Hazlitt, “Essay VIII. On Familiar Style.”, in Table-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume II, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Henry Colburn and Co., →OCLC, page 194
    • And do you, Georgy, contrive to tell Penrhyn all the particulars of this drowning affair; for I remember the bare facts being mentioned at Lord Penrhyns, and he will tell them with effect, avoiding rhodomontade without omitting pathos.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 236

Verb

rhodomontade (third-person singular simple present rhodomontades, present participle rhodomontading, simple past and past participle rhodomontaded)

  1. Dated spelling of rodomontade.
    • “I cannot anſwer for their notions,” ſaid Heurthofen, “but I know, Madame, that owing to this abſurd notion, I narrowly eſcaped greater inconveniences even than thoſe I had paſſed through.” “Poor Heurthofen!” ſaid Madame de Roſenheim, who, though ſhe knew he was rhodomontading, had compaſſion alike...1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter V, in The Banished Man. […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, pages 100–101

Forms of rhodomontade

Noun
pluralrhodomontades
Verb
third-person singular presentrhodomontades
present participlerhodomontading
past participlerhodomontaded
pastrhodomontaded

Questions about rhodomontade

What does rhodomontade mean?
Rhodomontade means dated spelling of rodomontade.
What part of speech is rhodomontade?
Rhodomontade can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of rhodomontade?
The plural of rhodomontade is rhodomontades.

Words near rhodomontade in the dictionary

  1. rhodologists
  2. rhodology
  3. rhodomel
  4. rhodomelaceous
  5. rhodommatin
  6. rhodomontade
  7. rhodomontaded
  8. rhodomontader
  9. rhodomontaders
  10. rhodomontades
  11. rhodomontading

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