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11fustian — n. 1. Bombast, rant, rhodomontade, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology. 2. Stuff, nonsense, trash, twaddle, inanity, etc. See balderdash …
12rant — I. v. n. Spout, declaim (boisterously), rave (in high sounding phrases), vociferate, mouth, tear a passion to tatters. II. n. Fustian, bombast, rhodomontade, exaggeration, boisterous declamation …
13Marlowe, Christopher — (1564 1593) Dramatist, s. of a shoemaker at Canterbury, where he was b., was ed. at the King s School there, and in 1581 went to Benet s (now Corpus Christi) Coll., Camb., where he graduated B.A. 1583, and M.A. in 1587. Of his life after he… …
14boasting — noun speaking of yourself in superlatives • Syn: ↑boast, ↑self praise, ↑jactitation • Derivationally related forms: ↑boast (for: ↑boast) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
15rod|o|mon|tade — «ROD uh mon TAYD, TAHD», noun, adjective, verb, tad|ed, tad|ing. –n. vain boasting; bragging; blustering talk: »A day it was of boast, swagger, and rodomontade (Washington Irving). –adj. bragging; …
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