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unostenˈtatious, a. (un-1 7.)
1747[see unornamental a.]. 1782V. Knox Ess. iii. (1819) I. 18 They induce idleness..not to neglect the reality as attainable only by a painful and unostentatious application. 1825Scott Betrothed xi, Hugo de Lacy was, on most occasions, plain and unostentatious. 1874Green Short Hist. vii. §1 His personal habits were simple and unostentatious. Hence unostenˈtatiousness.
1846Worcester (citing Allen). 1901Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 234/2 A pattern of unostentatiousness. |