Rodomontade n. Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. "I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible."
verb
Rodomontade v. i. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.
... said to have been inflicted on each other was something so incredible that nothing but the solemn asseverations of the parties could have gained belief; and in those days Sheridan had not obtained that reputation for rodomontade which he afterwards ... — Reminiscences of Captain Gronow • Rees Howell Gronow
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