From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rodomontade \Rod'o*mon*tade"\, noun [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See {Rodomont}, noun] Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rodomontade \Rod'o*mon*tade"\, verb (used without an object) To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: vain and empty boasting [syn: {braggadocio}, {bluster}, {rhodomontade}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "rodomontade": absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, bibble-babble, blabber, blather, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, bombastry, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, bravado, bullying, bustle, claptrap, conceit, double-talk, drivel, drool, fanfaronade, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flummery, flurry, fluster, folderol, fudge, fuss, fustian, gabble, galimatias, gammon, gasconade, gasconism, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, gobbledygook, hectoring, heroics, highfalutin, hocus-pocus, hot air, humbug, intimidation, jabber, jactation, jactitation, jargon, mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, niaiserie, nonsense, pack of nonsense, palaver, prate, prattle, rant, rigamarole, rigmarole, rubbish, side, skimble-skamble, splutter, sputter, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, swagger, swashbucklery, trash, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle, vanity, vaporing, vaunt, vauntery, vaunting, waffling
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