ostentation
noun/ˌɒstənˈteɪʃən/
Etymology
Originated 1425–75 from late Middle English ostentacioun, borrowed from Middle French ostentation and its etymon Latin ostentātiō, ostentātiōnem, equivalent to ostentātus (past participle of ostentāre, to display or exhibit), frequentative of ostendere (“to present, display”) + -iōn. By surface analysis, ostent + -ation.
- derived from ostentātiō
- derived from ostentation
- inherited from ostentacioun
Definitions
Ambitious display
Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.
A show or spectacle.
- Let her awhile be secretly kept in, And publish it that she is dead indeed: Maintain a mourning ostentation;
The neighborhood
- synonymparade
- synonympageantry
- synonymshow
- synonymshowiness
- synonympomp
- synonympompousness
- synonymvaunting
- synonymboasting
- neighborostentatious
- neighborostensive
- neighborostensible
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ostentation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA