rodomont

English

Etymology

From French rodomont.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒdəmɒnt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Noun

rodomont (plural rodomonts)

1. 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.

Related terms

• rodomontade

References

• “rodomont”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rodomonte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.dɔ.mɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

rodomont m (plural rodomonts)

1. rodomont

Derived terms

• rodomontade

Adjective

rodomont (feminine rodomonte, masculine plural rodomonts, feminine plural rodomontes)

1. rodomontade (pretentiously boastful)

Descendants

• → English: rodomont

Further reading

• “rodomont”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.