Monday, April 12, 2010

Ostentatious

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.

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