ostentn.¹

Brit.

/ˈɒstɛnt/, U.S.

/ˈɑstɛnt/

Forms: 1500s 1700s– ostent, 1600s ostenta (plural).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ostente; Latin ostentum.

Etymology: < Middle French ostente prodigy (1570) and its etymon classical Latin ostentum a portent, prodigy, wonder, use as noun of neuter past participle of ostendere ostend v.¹In plural form ostenta after classical Latin ostenta.

Now rare (archaic).

A portent or sign; a wonder, a prodigy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun]

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bespeaker1624

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pre-indicant1659

foreshadow1834

boder1846

prognosticant1880

sky sign1880

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1018/2 Which miraculous ostent passyng y^e ordinarie course of naturall causes..was sent of God.

1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) iv. Argt. Ostents that threaten her estate.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ii. 23 Wise Ioue is he hath showne This strange ostent to vs.

1665 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) 185 When he was a Boy in the Low-Countries, some Ostenta of like condition were shewn him about the beginning of the Belgick Wars.

1741 T. Francklin tr. Cicero Of Nature of Gods ii. 83 From whence they are called Ostents, Signs, Portents, Prodigies.

1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair iv. lxi. 94 A globe of fire, (miraculous ostent!).

1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 9 The Night waxed wan, As though with an awed sense of such ostent.

1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 363 Images in the air never find a surface from which to rebound, and so penetrate it, fleeing to the farthest limits of the aether, only to return sometimes in the form of mirages and other ostents.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ostentn.²

Brit.

/ɒˈstɛnt/, U.S.

/əˈstɛnt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ostentus.

Etymology: < classical Latin ostentus a showing, displaying, show, display, exhibition < ostent- , past participial stem of ostendere ostend v.¹ + -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns.

Now rare (archaic in later use).

1. The action or an act of showing, displaying, or exhibiting something; a manifestation or indication; show, display; appearance. Cf. ostentation n. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [noun]

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1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 188 Vse all the obseruance of ciuillity Like one well studied in a sad ostent To please his Grandam.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. viii. 44 Imploy your cheefest thoughts to courtship, and such faire ostents of loue as shall conueniently become you there.

a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 59 Dost aright discerne Twixt vertue and ostent.

1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Diat. v. 245 Those Reasons..whereof they make ostent with so many plausible amplifications.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 487 Atheist in ostent, Vicious in act, in temper savage-fierce.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. v. 547 In name and ostent, the sovereignty of the Nabob..was not to be infringed.

1861 Macmillan's Mag. 5 26 Nature's infinite ostent Of lovely flowers in wood and mead.

a1907 F. Thompson Wks. (1913) I. 91 For outward robes in their ostents Should show the soul's habiliments.

a. Vainglorious or pretentious display; ostentation; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun]

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fantastication-

1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica viii. v Thou proud Achilles with thy great ostent.

1631 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man (new ed.) iii. ii. 183 All such whom glory swels with proud ostent.

1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. v. 1 Trust not in Riches, with a vaine Ostent Of Fullnes.

1833 R. H. Dana Poems & Prose Writings 439 We..despising the solemn ostent and formalities of society, may break through its restraints.

1895 W. Watson Father of Forest 13 Goodly the ostents are to thee And pomps of time.

1923 C. Morley Where Blue Begins vi. 55 In the city of glorious ostent and vanity, he had come to look for humility and peace.

†b. In plural: embodiments of ostentation; vainglorious or ostentatious emblems. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > an embodiment of

ostents1638

1638 R. Brideoake in Jonsonus Virbius sig. H2^v [Such] may have The vaine ostents of pride upon their Grave.

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xii. xcii. 231 Ambitious Obelisks, Ostents of Pride.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† ostentv.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ostenter; Latin ostentāre.

Etymology: < Middle French ostenter to display ostentatiously (1530) or its etymon classical Latin ostentāre ostentate v.

Obsolete.

transitive and intransitive = ostentate v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display of [verb (transitive)]

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to ruffle it1551

to brave out1581

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to make the most ofa1627

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to make (a) parade of1656

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to show off1750

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1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. xiv. sig. Xv^v Semblably ther be some, that by dissimulation can ostent or shewe a highe grauitie.

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Bvii^v The Pride of the mouth..consisteth..in ostenting and braggyng of some singular vertue..in himselfe, or some other of his kinred.

1615 T. Adams Englands Sicknes i. 41 Malice not onely discouers, but ostenteth hir deuillish effects.

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 7) 50 There is nothing more easie than to ostent the love of God.

a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) IV. 365 Their forbeares (of whom they ostent so muche).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

n.¹1570

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v.1531

单词	ostent
释义	ostentn.¹ Brit. /ˈɒstɛnt/, U.S. /ˈɑstɛnt/ Forms: 1500s 1700s– ostent, 1600s ostenta (plural). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ostente; Latin ostentum. Etymology: < Middle French ostente prodigy (1570) and its etymon classical Latin ostentum a portent, prodigy, wonder, use as noun of neuter past participle of ostendere ostend v.¹In plural form ostenta after classical Latin ostenta. Now rare (archaic). A portent or sign; a wonder, a prodigy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] foretokenc888 tokeningc888 beaconc950 token971 handsela1200 boding1297 wonder1297 bodec1374 signa1387 foreboding1387 prenostica1393 prognosticc1425 prophetc1430 prognostication?a1439 ostentationa1450 prenostication?a1450 prodigy?a1450 augurationc1450 preparative1460 prenosticate?a1475 prenosticative?a1475 prodige1482 prenosticature1490 tokener1513 weird1513 show token1535 luck1538 prognosticate1541 preamble1548 proffer1548 presagition?c1550 foreshower1555 presage1560 portent1562 ostent1570 presagie1581 omen1582 presagement1586 luck sign1587 augury1588 prognosticon1588 forerunner1589 presager1591 halfner1594 spae1596 abode1598 oss1600 assign1601 augur1603 bodement1613 predictiona1616 prognosticala1618 bespeaker1624 portender1635 pre-indicant1659 foreshadow1834 boder1846 prognosticant1880 sky sign1880 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1018/2 Which miraculous ostent passyng y^e ordinarie course of naturall causes..was sent of God. 1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) iv. Argt. Ostents that threaten her estate. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ii. 23 Wise Ioue is he hath showne This strange ostent to vs. 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) 185 When he was a Boy in the Low-Countries, some Ostenta of like condition were shewn him about the beginning of the Belgick Wars. 1741 T. Francklin tr. Cicero Of Nature of Gods ii. 83 From whence they are called Ostents, Signs, Portents, Prodigies. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair iv. lxi. 94 A globe of fire, (miraculous ostent!). 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 9 The Night waxed wan, As though with an awed sense of such ostent. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 363 Images in the air never find a surface from which to rebound, and so penetrate it, fleeing to the farthest limits of the aether, only to return sometimes in the form of mirages and other ostents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ostentn.² Brit. /ɒˈstɛnt/, U.S. /əˈstɛnt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ostentus. Etymology: < classical Latin ostentus a showing, displaying, show, display, exhibition < ostent- , past participial stem of ostendere ostend v.¹ + -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns. Now rare (archaic in later use). 1. The action or an act of showing, displaying, or exhibiting something; a manifestation or indication; show, display; appearance. Cf. ostentation n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [noun] uppingc950 showingOE propositiona1382 evidencec1384 musterc1400 manifestation?a1425 demonstrationc1450 ostension1474 demonstrance1509 ostentationa1513 forthsetting1528 apparition1533 manifesting1536 outshow1547 objection1554 displaying1556 proclamation1567 discovery1576 remonstrance1583 appearance1587 explicature1592 ostent1600 object1609 showing forth1615 innotescencea1631 presentment1637 deplication1648 display1661 exertion1668 extraversion1675 exhibitiona1677 exertment1696 show-off1776 unfoldment1850 outcrop1854 outplay1859 eclosion1889 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 188 Vse all the obseruance of ciuillity Like one well studied in a sad ostent To please his Grandam. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. viii. 44 Imploy your cheefest thoughts to courtship, and such faire ostents of loue as shall conueniently become you there. View more context for this quotation a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 59 Dost aright discerne Twixt vertue and ostent. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Diat. v. 245 Those Reasons..whereof they make ostent with so many plausible amplifications. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 487 Atheist in ostent, Vicious in act, in temper savage-fierce. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. v. 547 In name and ostent, the sovereignty of the Nabob..was not to be infringed. 1861 Macmillan's Mag. 5 26 Nature's infinite ostent Of lovely flowers in wood and mead. a1907 F. Thompson Wks. (1913) I. 91 For outward robes in their ostents Should show the soul's habiliments. 2. a. Vainglorious or pretentious display; ostentation; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] boast1297 strut1303 bombancec1325 bobantc1330 bobancec1380 ambitionc1384 oliprancec1390 pretence?a1439 ostentationa1475 pransawtea1500 bravity1546 finesse1549 bravery1573 overlashing1579 brave1596 peacockry1596 garishness1598 maggot ostentation1598 ostent1609 flaunta1625 spectability1637 vantation1637 fastuousness1649 fastuosity1656 finery1656 parade1656 phantastry1656 ostentatiousness1658 éclat1704 pretension1706 braw1724 swell1724 showiness1730 ostensibility1775 fanfaronade1784 display1816 showing off1822 glimmer1827 tigerism1836 peacockery1844 show-off1846 flare1847 peacockism1854 swank1854 tigerishness1869 flashness1888 flamboyance1891 peacockishness1892 flamboyancy1896 swankiness1920 plushness1949 glitziness1982 fantasia- fantastication- 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica viii. v Thou proud Achilles with thy great ostent. 1631 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man (new ed.) iii. ii. 183 All such whom glory swels with proud ostent. 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. v. 1 Trust not in Riches, with a vaine Ostent Of Fullnes. 1833 R. H. Dana Poems & Prose Writings 439 We..despising the solemn ostent and formalities of society, may break through its restraints. 1895 W. Watson Father of Forest 13 Goodly the ostents are to thee And pomps of time. 1923 C. Morley Where Blue Begins vi. 55 In the city of glorious ostent and vanity, he had come to look for humility and peace. †b. In plural: embodiments of ostentation; vainglorious or ostentatious emblems. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > an embodiment of ostents1638 1638 R. Brideoake in Jonsonus Virbius sig. H2^v [Such] may have The vaine ostents of pride upon their Grave. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xii. xcii. 231 Ambitious Obelisks, Ostents of Pride. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † ostentv. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ostenter; Latin ostentāre. Etymology: < Middle French ostenter to display ostentatiously (1530) or its etymon classical Latin ostentāre ostentate v. Obsolete. transitive and intransitive = ostentate v. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display of [verb (transitive)] flourishc1380 show1509 ostent1531 ostentatec1540 to ruffle it1551 to brave out1581 vaunt1590 boasta1592 venditate1600 to make the most ofa1627 display1628 to make (a) parade of1656 pride1667 sport1684 to show off1750 flash1785 afficher1814 affiche1817 parade1818 flaunt1822 air1867 showboat1937 ponce1953 rock1987 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. xiv. sig. Xv^v Semblably ther be some, that by dissimulation can ostent or shewe a highe grauitie. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Bvii^v The Pride of the mouth..consisteth..in ostenting and braggyng of some singular vertue..in himselfe, or some other of his kinred. 1615 T. Adams Englands Sicknes i. 41 Malice not onely discouers, but ostenteth hir deuillish effects. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 7) 50 There is nothing more easie than to ostent the love of God. a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) IV. 365 Their forbeares (of whom they ostent so muche). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.¹1570n.²1600v.1531
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