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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries허세
Pronunciation / Transliteration: heose
"그의 말은 단순한 허세에 불과했다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Boastful or grandiose talk or behavior; bluster.
"His speech was full of empty rodomontade about how he would easily defeat all his political rivals."
- 1
To talk grandiloquently, boastfully, or blusteringly.
"He began to rodomontade about his past exploits, boring everyone at the dinner table."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Rodomonte, the boastful King of Saragossa in Matteo Boiardo's epic poem 'Orlando Innamorato' and Ludovico Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso'. The name stems from Italian 'rodomonte', from 'rodare' (to roll) and 'monte' (mountain), signifying someone who rolls mountains. It entered English in the late 16th century via French to describe boastful, swaggering talk.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Rodomontade" is said worldwide
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rodomontade
Transliteration: ʁɔ.dɔ.mɔ̃.tad
"Son discours n'était que pure rodomontade."
Grosssprecherei
Transliteration: ˈɡʁoːsˌʃpʁɛ.ْشَ.ʁaɪ̯
Script: Großsprecherei
"Seine Drohungen waren nur leere Großsprecherei."
rodomontata
Transliteration: ro.do.monˈta.ta
"Le sue promesse si sono rivelate una semplice rodomontata."
rodomontada
Transliteration: ro.do.monˈta.da
"Cansados de su rodomontada, decidieron ignorarlo."
rodomontaria
Transliteration: ʁo.do.mõ.taˈɾi.ɐ
"A sua conversa estava cheia de rodomontaria."
शेखीबाज़ी
Transliteration: shekhībāzī
"उसकी सारी बातें केवल शेखीबाज़ी थीं।"
大话
Transliteration: dàhuà
"他的演讲充满了空洞的大话。"
허세
Transliteration: heose
"그의 말은 단순한 허세에 불과했다."
大言壮語
Transliteration: taigen sōgo
"彼の演説は大言壮語に満ちていた。"
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