rodomontade

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noun • /rod-uh-muhn-TADE/ or /roh-duh-muhn-TAHD/ • braggadocio, vain boasting
adjective • pretentiously boastful
verb • to boast or brag pretentiously

Alternate spelling: rhodomontade. From Rodomont, a boastful character in two famous Italian Renaissance epic poems.