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RODOMONTADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rodomontade mean? 

RODOMONTADE (noun)
  The noun RODOMONTADE has 1 sense:

1. vain and empty boastingplay

  Familiarity information: RODOMONTADE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RODOMONTADE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Vain and empty boasting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bluster; braggadocio; rhodomontade; rodomontade

Hypernyms ("rodomontade" is a kind of...):

boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise (speaking of yourself in superlatives)


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