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rodomontade
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rodomontade \Rod`o*mon*tade"\, n. [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See Rodomont, n.] Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are
neither so irrational nor impossible.
--Dryden.
Rodomontade \Rod`o*mon*tade"\, v. i. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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."
Wiktionary
Pretentiously boastful. n. Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour. v
To boast, brag or bluster pretentiously.
WordNet
n. vain and empty boasting [syn: braggadocio, bluster, rhodomontade]
Wikipedia
Rodomontade \rod-uh-muhn-TADE; roh-duh-muhn-TAHD\ is a mass noun meaning boastful talk or behavior. The term is a reference to Rodomonte, a character in Italian Renaissance epic poems Orlando innamorato and its sequel Orlando furioso.
Usage examples of "rodomontade".
The coincidence of this festival with the Assumption gave rise to adulatory rodomontades of the most absurd description.
Where the weakest are to be convinced speech must stoop: a full consideration of the velleities and uncertainties, a little bombast to elevate the feelings without committing the judgment, some vague effusion of sentiment, an inapposite blandness, a meaningless rodomontade - these are the by-ways to be travelled by the style that is a willing slave to its audience.