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English Dictionary: rodomontade by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rodomontade
n
  1. vain and empty boasting [syn: braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rodomontade \Rod`o*mon*tade"\, n. [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See
      {Rodomont}, n.]
      Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
  
               I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are
               neither so irrational nor impossible.      --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rodomontade \Rod`o*mon*tade"\, v. i.
      To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.
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