rodomontade

英 [,rɒdə(ʊ)mɒn'teɪd]
  • adj. 吹牛的
  • n. 吹牛;大言不惭
  • vi. 大言不惭

英文词源


rodomontade (n.)
1610s (earlier rodomontado, 1590s), "vain boasting like that of Rodomonte," character in Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso." In dialectal Italian the name means literally "one who rolls (away) the mountain."

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