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| rodomontade [ róddə mon táyd, róddə mon td ] |
noun (plural rodomontades) |
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boastfulness: pretentious, self-important, or self-indulgent boasting, speech, or behaviour
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intransitive verb (3rd person present singular rodomontades, present participle rodomontading, past and past participle rodomontaded) |
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boast: to boast, speak, or behave in a pretentious, self-important, or self-indulgent way
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adjective |
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boastful: boastful in a pretentious, self-important, or self-indulgent way
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| [Early 17th century. Via French< obsolete Italian rodomontada< rodomonte 'braggart' < Rodomonte, boastful Saracen king in 15 and 16th century Italian long romantic poems] |
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