Ranting

Ranting
Rant Rant (r[a^]nt), v. 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 preacher. [1913 Webster]

Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes! --Shak. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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