rodomontado

English

Alternative forms

rodomantado

Etymology

Partly from Italian rodomontata (with change of suffix), partly an alteration of rodomontade, after -ado. Compare rodomontade.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɒdəmɒnˈtɑːdəʊ/

Noun

rodomontado (plural rodomontados or rodomontadoes)

A brag or boast; a rodomontade.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , II.31:
  I likewise blame those who being angry, will brave and mutinie when the partie with whom they are offended is not by. These Rodomantados must be employed on such as feare them.

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