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The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is rodomontade

| source : web1913 | Rodomontade \Rod`o*mon*tade"\, n. [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See {Rodomont}, n.] Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. --Dryden. | source : web1913 | Rodomontade \Rod`o*mon*tade"\, v. i. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant. | source : wn | rodomontade n : vain and empty boasting [syn: {braggadocio}, {bluster}]

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