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词汇 rodomont
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Definition of rodomont in English:

rodomont

noun ˈrɒdəmɒnt
archaic
  • A person who boasts or brags.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He apologizes, not wanting to be considered a Rodomont, for having to mention his military exploits again.
    • I can never think how I avoided being stabbed myself or stabbing one of these two Rodomonts, and the whole business turned about me like a piece of a dream.
    • Assaults on the 'liberal' academy were, for a time, consigned to opinion columns penned by conservative rodomonts.
    • He quickly became mild and calm — a posture ill becoming such a Rodomont.
    • This type was held up to ridicule and made a coward as well as a rodomont, as in the circumstances was only natural.
    Synonyms
    boaster, brag, bragger, show-off, blusterer, trumpeter, swaggerer, poser, poseur, poseuse, peacock, egotist, self-publicist

Origin

Late 16th century: French, from Italian rodomonte, from the name of a boastful character in the Orlando epics.

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