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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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