rodomontade
rod·o·mon·tade / ˌrädəmənˈtād; ˌrōd-; -ˈtäd/ • n. boastful or inflated talk or behavior.• v. [intr.] archaic talk boastfully.
rodomontade
rodomontade
rodomontade vainglorious or extravagant boast. XVII. — F. rodomontade, It. †rodomontada, -ata, f. F. rodomont, It. -monte bragger, boaster, appellative use of Rodomonte name (lit. ‘roll-mountain’) of a boastful Saracen leader in Boiardo's ‘Orlando Innamorato’ and Ariosto's ‘Orlando Furioso’.
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