Rodomontade
od-uh-muhn-TADE; roh-duh-muhn-TAHD is a mass noun meaning boastful talk or behavior. The term is a reference to Rodomonte, a character in Italian Renaissance epic poems Orlando innamorato and its sequel Orlando furioso. ==Examples of use== ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodomontade
Rod`o·mon·tade' noun [ French, from Italian rodomontana . See Rodomont , noun ] Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. « I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible.» Dryden. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/89