rodomontado
UK/ɹɒdəmɒnˈtɑːdəʊ/
rodomontado noun: a brag or boast; a rodomontade.
Noun
rodomontado (countable and uncountable, plural rodomontados or rodomontadoes)
- A brag or boast; a rodomontade.
- I likewiſe blame thoſe who being angry, will brave and mutinie when the partie with whome they are offended is not by. Theſe Rodomantados muſt be employed on ſuch as feare them.1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Anger and Choller”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 413
- A domeſtic poet, called Flann Mac Lonnane, who was of this king’s retinue, having heard out this piece of rodomontado, could not refrain from telling his maſter, that he was apprehenſive if he had gone upon ſuch a ſporting ſchcme into the country of the Dal-Caſſian tribe[…]1781, Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicus, volume I, Dublin: […] Pat. Wogan, pages 460–461
Forms of rodomontado
| plural | rodomontados |
|---|---|
| plural | rodomontadoes |
| alternative form | rodomantado |
Origin of rodomontado
Partly from Italian rodomontata (with change of suffix), partly an alteration of rodomontade, after -ado. Compare rodomontade.
Questions about rodomontado
- What does rodomontado mean?
- Rodomontado means a brag or boast; a rodomontade.
- What part of speech is rodomontado?
- Rodomontado is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rodomontado?
- Rodomontado is pronounced /ɹɒdəmɒnˈtɑːdəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of rodomontado?
- The plural of rodomontado is rodomontados.
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