Rodomontade

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Rodomontade (/rɒdəmɒnˈtɑːdˌ-ˈteɪd/) is a mass noun meaning boastful talk or behavior. The term is a reference to Rodomonte, a character in the Italian Renaissance epic poem Orlando innamorato and its sequel Orlando furioso.^[1]

Henry Fielding in History of Tom Jones writes, “In fact, the good squire was a little too apt to indulge that kind of pleasantry which is generally called rhodomontade. . .”