OSTENT

Etymology 1

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

ostent (plural ostents or ostenta)

(archaic, rare) A portent, a token.

Etymology 3

Noun

ostent (plural ostents)

(archaic, rare) A display, an exhibition; an appearance, a manifestation.

A boastful, ostentatious display or exhibition.

Etymology 4

Noun

ostent (plural ostents)

(obsolete) A minute (60 seconds).

Usage notes

• Distinguished in medieval times from the "minute" that was one tenth of an hour, or six modern minutes.

Anagrams

• Teston, Tetons, Totnes, notest, teston

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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