Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
RODOMONTADE
braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade
(noun) vain and empty boasting
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
rodomontade (comparative more rodomontade, superlative most rodomontade)
Pretentiously boastful.
Noun
rodomontade (countable and uncountable, plural rodomontades)
Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.
Verb
rodomontade (third-person singular simple present rodomontades, present participle rodomontading, simple past and past participle rodomontaded)
To boast, brag or bluster pretentiously.
Source: Wiktionary
Rod`o*mon*tade", n. Etym: [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See Rodomont, n.]
Definition: Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. Dryden.
Rod`o*mon*tade", v. i.
Definition: To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
30 June 2025
BODILY
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
Coffee Trivia
