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Webster 1913 Edition
Ostentatious
Osˊten-ta′tious
,Adj.
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.
Osˊten-ta′tious-ly
, adv.
Osˊten-ta′tious-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ostentatious
OSTENTA'TIOUS
,Adj.
1.
Making a display from vanity; boastful; fond of presenting one's endowments or works to others in an advantageous light.Your modesty is so far from being ostentatious of the good you do -
2.
Showy; gaudy; intended for vain display; as ostentatious ornaments.