rodomontade Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun vain and empty boasting
    rhodomontade; bluster; braggadocio.

WordNet

Rod`o*mon*tade" noun
Etymology
F., fr. It. rodomontana. See Rodomont, n.
Definitions
  1. Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
    I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. Dryden.
Rod`o*mon*tade" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.

Webster 1913