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rodomontado

noun /ɹɒdəmɒnˈtɑːdəʊ/

  1. A brag or boast; a rodomontade.

    countable, uncountable

    I likewiſe blame thoſe who being angry, will brave and mutinie when the partie with whome they are offended is not by. Theſe Rodomantados muſt be employed on ſuch as feare them.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry rodomontado (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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