| 单词 | ostentation |
| 释义 | ostentation /os'ten tay"sheuhn, -teuhn-/, n. 1. pretentious or conspicuous show, as of wealth or importance; display intended to impress others. 2. Archaic. the act of showing or exhibiting; display. [1425-75; late ME ostentacioun < MF ostentation < L ostentation- (s. of ostentatio), equiv. to ostentat(us) ptp. of ostentare to display, exhibit, freq. of ostendere to present, display (equiv. to os-, var of ob- OB- + ten(dere) to stretch + -t- freq. suffix + -atus -ATE1) + -ion- -ION] Syn. 1. pretension, pretense. See show. |
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