different between rhodomontade vs rodomontade

English

Noun

rhodomontade (countable and uncountable, plural rhodomontades)

1. Dated spelling of rodomontade.
   • 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", chapter 115:

     He addressed himself directly to his guest with a torrent of rhodomontade; and the young man, reduced to helpless silence and shy, nodded his head at intervals to show that he took an intelligent interest.

Verb

rhodomontade (third-person singular simple present rhodomontades, present participle rhodomontading, simple past and past participle rhodomontaded)

1. Dated spelling of rodomontade.

English

Alternative forms

• rhodomontade

Etymology

From French rodomontade, a reference to Rodomonte, a character in Italian Renaissance epic poems Orlando innamorato and its sequel Orlando furioso. Compare rodomontado.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.d?.m?n?t??d/, /???.d?.m?n?te?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.d?.m?n?te?d/, /???.d??m?n?te?d/, /???.d?.m?n?t?d/, /???.d??m?n?t?d/

Adjective

rodomontade (comparative more rodomontade, superlative most rodomontade)

1. Pretentiously boastful.

Noun

rodomontade (countable and uncountable, plural rodomontades)

1. Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.
   • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover 1963, p. 67:

     He talks of her abroad as a stern and rigid master dealing with a naughty slave, though, by the look that accompanies his rhodomontade, I am convinced that at home he is the very model of "managed men."

   • 1903, Samuel Butler,The Way of All Flesh, ch 46:

     ...Euripides accuses AEschylus of being "pomp-bundle-worded," which I suppose means bombastic and given to rodomontade ...

Translations

Verb

rodomontade (third-person singular simple present rodomontades, present participle rodomontading, simple past and past participle rodomontaded)

1. To boast, brag or bluster pretentiously.