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ostentatious

adj
/ˌɒs.tɛnˈteɪ.ʃəs/US

Etymology

Originated 1590; from Latin ostentātus + -ious.

  1. derived from ostentātus + -ious

Definitions

  1. Of ostentation.

  2. Intended to attract notice.

  3. Of tawdry display

    Of tawdry display; kitsch.

The neighborhood

Derived

nonostentatious, ostentatiously, ostentatiousness, unostentatious

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ostentatious. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01ostentatious02notice03announcement04announcing05announce06pronounce07ceremoniously08ceremonious

A definitional loop anchored at ostentatious. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at ostentatious

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA