SHOWINESS

flamboyance, floridness, floridity, showiness

(noun) extravagant elaborateness; “he wrote with great flamboyance”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

showiness (usually uncountable, plural showinesses)

The property of being showy.

Source: Wiktionary


Show"i*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SALTWORT

(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash


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