rodomont
English
Etymology
French rodomont
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɒdəmɒnt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
rodomont (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.
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Related terms
- rodomontade
References
- rodomont in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Etymology
Italian rodomonte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔ.dɔ.mɔ̃/
Noun
rodomont m (plural rodomonts)
- rodomont
Derived terms
- rodomontade
Adjective
rodomont (feminine rodomonte, masculine plural rodomonts, feminine plural rodomontes)
- rodomontade (pretentiously boastful)
Descendants
- → English: rodomont
Further reading
- “rodomont”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.