ostent (third-person singular simple present ostents, present participle ostenting, simple past and past participle ostented)
(ambitransitive, obsolete) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly; to ostentate.
ostent (plural ostents or ostenta)
(archaic, rare) A portent, a token.
ostent (plural ostents)
(archaic, rare) A display, an exhibition; an appearance, a manifestation.
A boastful, ostentatious display or exhibition.
ostent (plural ostents)
(obsolete) A minute (60 seconds).
• Distinguished in medieval times from the "minute" that was one tenth of an hour, or six modern minutes.
• Teston, Tetons, Totnes, notest, teston
Source: Wiktionary
Os"tent, n. Etym: [L. ostentus, ostentum, fr. ostendere (p. p. ostensus and ostentus) to show. See Ostensible.]
1. Appearance; air; mien. Shak.
2. Manifestation; token; portent. Dryden. We asked of God that some ostent might clear Our cloudy business, who gave us sign. Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
