Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rodomontado

/ɹɒdəmɒnˈtɑːdəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rodomon-ta-do
IPA: /ɹɒdəmɒnˈtɑːdəʊ/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A brag or boast; a rodomontade.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"A domeſtic poet, called Flann Mac Lonnane, who was of this king’s retinue, having heard out this piece of rodomontado, could not refrain from telling his maſter, that he was apprehenſive if he had gone upon ſuch a ſporting ſchcme into the country of the Dal-Caſſian tribe[…]"
"They pronounced the captain the finest fellow in the world, and his men all bons garçons, jovial lads, and swore they would pass the day with them. They did so; and a day it was, of boast, and swagger, and rodomontado."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: rodomontata

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɹɒdəmɒnˈtɑːdəʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

rodomontados (plural) rodomontadoes (plural) rodomantado (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce rodomontado?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɒdəmɒnˈtɑːdəʊ/.
What does rodomontado mean?: A brag or boast; a rodomontade.
Where does rodomontado come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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