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Rant
Rant
(rănt)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ranted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ranting
.] [OD.
ranten
, randen
, to dote, to be enraged.] To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation;
as, a
. ranting
preacherLook where my
ranting
host of the Garter comes! Shakespeare
Rant
,Noun.
High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast;
as, the
. rant
of fanaticsThis is a stoical
rant
, without any foundation in the nature of man or reason of things. Atterbury.