Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Rodomontade \Rod`o*mon*tade"\, v. i.
   To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.

Source : WordNet®

rodomontade
     n : vain and empty boasting [syn: {braggadocio}, {bluster}, {rhodomontade}]