OSTENTATIONS

Noun

ostentations

plural of ostentation

Source: Wiktionary


OSTENTATION

Os`ten*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. ostentatio: cf. F. ostentation.]

1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. "Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm." Milton. He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation. Atterbury.

2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn.

– Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See Parade.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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