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   rodomontade

   /ˌrɒdəmɒnˈteɪd/

   noun

   • 1. boastful or inflated talk or behaviour: "the corrupting effect the vogue for macho rodomontade may have even upon a civilized man"

   verb

   • 1. talk boastfully: archaic "he soon finds out there's nothing to be gained by rodomontading"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French, from obsolete Italian rodomontada, from Italian rodomonte, from the name of a boastful character in the medieval Orlando epics.

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