rodomont
noun
rodo·mont
ˈrädəˌmänt,
ˈrōd-
plural -s
: a vain or blustering boaster : braggart, braggadocio
Word History
Etymology
Italian rodomonte, from Rodomonte, Rodamonte, fierce and boastful Moorish king of Algiers in the epic Orlando Innamorato (1487) by Matteo M. Boiardo †1494 Italian poet and in the epic Orlando Furioso (1516) by Lodovico Ariosto †1533 Italian poet
First Known Use
1592, in the meaning defined above