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RODOMONTADE, or RHODOMONTADE

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 448 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RODOMONTADE, or RHODOMONTADE  , a
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term for boastful, extravagant
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language or any inflated bragging speech . The word refers to the brave but boastful Saracen
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leader Rodomonte in
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Ariosto's Orlando Furioso . The name (in the
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form Rodamante) appears earlier in
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Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato . It is supposed to represent a
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compound of rodare, to
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roll, and
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monte,
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mountain .

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