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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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Though the pace of attacks is a far cry from the peak of their war, Washington and Tehran have traded fire in recent days and rhetoric from both sides has been aggressive, while passage through the Strait of Hormuz remains restricted.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Many leaders also called on Mayor Zohran Mamdani to lower the temperature of his rhetoric critical of Israel.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 8 Sep. 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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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
For all their public bluster, Yemeni government forces remain internally fragmented.

— April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of bluster

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