Meaning & use
Rodomontade
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Boastful, extravagant talk or behavior; empty bragging.
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Behind all the rodomontade, the general had never actually won a major battle.
The politician's speech was full of rodomontade but light on concrete policy.
A note on using this word
Named after Rodomonte, a boastful warrior king in the Italian epic poems Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso.
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