Definition for ROD-O-MONT-ADE'

ROD-O-MONT-ADE', n. [Fr. id.; It. rodomontata. See Rodomont.]

Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. – Dryden.

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