rodomontade
noun
[ ˌrɒdə(ʊ)mɒnˈteɪd ]
• boastful or inflated talk or behaviour.
• "the corrupting effect the vogue for macho rodomontade may have even upon a civilized man"
rodomontade
verb
• talk boastfully.
• "he soon finds out there's nothing to be gained by rodomontading"
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.
