Rodomontade

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  Rodomontade \Rod`o*mon*tade"\, v. i.
     To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rodomontade
       n : 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