n.
Variant: also rho · do · mon · tade
Pronunciation: ˌ rä-d ə -m ə n- ' t ā d, ˌ r ō -, - ' täd
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from rodomont blusterer, from Italian Rodomonte, character in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo M. Boiardo
Date: 1612
1 : a bragging speech
2 : vain boasting or bluster : RANT