Ostentatiousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ostentatious \Os`ten*ta"tious\, a.
     Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous;
     pretentious; boastful.
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           Far from being ostentatious of the good you do.


                                                    --Dryden.
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           The ostentatious professions of many years. --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Os`ten*ta"tious*ly}, adv. --
     {Os`ten*ta"tious*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ostentatiousness
       n : lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
           puffed up with vanity [syn: {ostentation}, {pomposity}, {pompousness},
            {pretentiousness}, {splashiness}, {inflation}]