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单词 ostentatiousness
释义 ostenˈtatiousness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being ostentatious.
1658Earl of Monmouth tr. Paruta's Wars Cyprus 124 To lose their lives without any advantage, would be rather a sign of foolish ostentatiousnesse, than of true worth.1782Char. in Ann. Reg. 52/1 They learn..to despise ostentatiousness, as being sinful.1882L. Stephen Swift v. 103 It would be a great mistake to infer that this ostentatiousness of authority concealed real servility.
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