Rodomontade:
Rodomontade \rod-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. [Wikipedia]
Observed in Jack Vance’s The Killing Machine:
Six volumes of rhodomontade [sic] and piffle.
… Academia, London, Earth.
