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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 See also:term for boastful, extravagant See also:language or any inflated bragging speech . The word refers to the brave but boastful Saracen See also:leader Rodomonte in See also:Ariosto's Orlando Furioso . The name (in the See also:form Rodamante) appears earlier in See also:Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato . It is supposed to represent a See also:compound of rodare, to See also:roll, and See also:monte, See also:mountain .

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