Search Result for "ostentatiousness":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity;
[syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ostentatious \Os`ten*ta"tious\, a. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful. [1913 Webster] Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The ostentatious professions of many years. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
