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rodomontade

noun /ˌɹɒ.də.mɒnˈtɑːd/

  1. Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.

    countable, uncountable

    […] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps.

Where it comes from

From French rodomontade, a reference to Rodomonte, a boastful character in the Italian Renaissance epic poems Orlando innamorato (1483) and its sequel Orlando furioso (1506–1532). Doublet of rodomontado.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry rodomontade (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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