rodomontade

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

rodomontade
    n 1: vain and empty boasting [syn: {braggadocio}, {bluster},
         {rodomontade}, {rhodomontade}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rodomontade \Rod`o*mon*tade"\, n. [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See
   {Rodomont}, n.]
   Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
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         I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are
         neither so irrational nor impossible.    --Dryden.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rodomontade \Rod`o*mon*tade"\, v. i.
   To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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