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ostentatiousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ostentatious  \Os`ten*ta"tious\,  a. 
  Fond  of  or  evincing,  ostentation;  unduly  conspicuous; 
  pretentious;  boastful. 
 
  Far  from  being  ostentatious  of  the  good  you  do 
  --Dryden. 
 
  The  ostentatious  professions  of  many  years.  --Macaulay. 
  --  {Os`ten*ta"tious*ly},  adv  --  {Os`ten*ta"tious*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ostentatiousness 
  n  :  lack  of  elegance  as  a  consequence  of  pomposity  [syn:  {ostentation}, 
  {pomposity},  {pompousness},  {pretentiousness},  {splashiness}]




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