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rodomontade

noun

ˌrä-də-mən-ˈtād

variants also rhodomontade

Definition of rodomontade

as in rhetoric

boastful speech or writing for all of its jingoistic rodomontade, the government had no thought-out plan for the war and its aftermath

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The conservative justice discussed lawmakers’ efforts to expand the Supreme Court, as well as the violent public rhetoric about the court and its members.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Whoever the next commissioner is needs to crack down on the divisive rhetoric.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of rhetoric

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But smokejumpers generally eschew the spotlight—even a hint of braggadocio amid their ranks is looked down upon—and so their work feels especially shrouded.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Against this stripped down but still bumping backdrop, Christmas and Crack’s loose, witty braggadocio shines.

— Brendan Hay, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of braggadocio

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Much of that singularity was centered in McCarthy’s prose, which ricocheted—sometimes gracefully, sometimes jarringly—between gruff matter-of-factness and soaring, biblical grandiloquence.

— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 June 2023
Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.

— Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022

Definition of grandiloquence

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Related Stories Cruise, declaiming every line, acting with blind bluster and a mean gleam of good-ol’-boy joy, makes Digger a walking cartoon — a larger-than-life satire of over-the-top American arrogance, like LBJ crossed with Foghorn Leghorn.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
De Zerbi is building a new-look squad around highly technical players and — for all his energy, bluster, nous and physicality – Richarlison does not fit that mould.

— Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of bluster

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