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单词 ostentate
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ostentateadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ostentātus, ostentāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin ostentātus, past participle of ostentāre ostentate v.
Obsolete. rare.
Boasted of, vaunted; ostentatiously displayed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] > ostentatiously displayed
show1573
ostentate1615
paraded1855
1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 53 Like the speckled innocency of the Papists, in their ostentate charity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

ostentatev.

Brit. /ˈɒstɛnteɪt/, /ˈɒst(ə)nteɪt/, U.S. /ˈɑst(ə)nˌteɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ostentāt-, ostentāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin ostentāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of ostentāre to show off, to display ostentatiously, to exhibit, display, frequentative form of ostendere ostend v.1 Compare Spanish ostentar (1517), Catalan ostentar (1696), Italian ostentare (a1540). Compare slightly earlier ostent v.
Now rare.
1.
a. transitive. To make a show of; to show off; to display ostentatiously or boastfully.
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
c1540 Resignation Northampton Priory in M. Prance Addit. Narr. 36 Christs Holy Evangely, which..wee did ostentate and openly devant to keepe most exactly.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) Pref. sig. B5v The citing of mine Authors so particularly..was not to ostentate, and make shew of mine owne reading.
1676 Doctr. of Devils 181 He was not for extravagant Rambles, as most Criticks are; Vain-gloriously to ostentate their great Reading, and Subtile Conjectures, upon small, or no occasions.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. v. 36/2 This proud Thraso would in his Preaching Ostentate Skill in Latin, and in Greek.
1876 J. N. Larned Talks about Labor 125 It is a case of..consumption to ostentate the power to consume.
1889 American 21 Dec. 192/1 San Marco..ostentates upon the upper portion of its façade all the florid detail of the Venetian manner.
1909 Daily Chron. 15 Aug. 3/4 So did she also desire it for peoples of the earth, ostentating among her blazons the legitimate title of destroyer of human slavery.
1988 R. Porter & D. Porter In Sickness & in Health xi. 191 Society insisted that it was bad form to ostentate one's sickness unnecessarily.
b. intransitive. To boast, show off. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)]
yelpc888
kebc1315
glorify1340
to make avauntc1340
boast1377
brag1377
to shake boastc1380
glorya1382
to make (one's) boastc1385
crackc1470
avaunt1471
glaster1513
voust1513
to make (one's or a) vauntc1515
jet?1521
vaunt?1521
crowa1529
rail1530
devauntc1540
brave1549
vaunt1611
thrasonize1619
vapour1629
ostentate1670
goster1673
flourish1674
rodomontade1681
taper1683
gasconade1717
stump1721
rift1794
mang1819
snigger1823
gab1825
cackle1847
to talk horse1855
skite1857
to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859
to shoot off one's mouth1864
spreadeagle1866
swank1874
bum1877
to sound off1918
woof1934
to shoot a line1941
to honk off1952
to mouth off1958
blow-
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. iii. 323 Let not him that is Head of a Faction, ostentate too much.
1822 J. Galt Provost xxxiv. 249 Merchants were enabled to vie and ostentate with the better sort of lairds.
2. transitive. To show, display, exhibit. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > show to the sight [verb (transitive)]
to set beforea1000
openOE
showlOE
to put forth?c1225
kithe1297
to make (a) showing ofc1330
presenta1398
representa1398
to lay forthc1420
splayc1440
discovera1450
advisea1500
to set to (the) show?1510
to stall out1547
outlay1555
exhibit1573
strew1579
wray1587
displaya1616
ostentate1630
elevate1637
re-exhibita1648
expound1651
unveil1657
subject1720
flare1862
skin1873
patent1889
showcase1939
1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 37 Not ostentating himselfe to publike view, but living recluse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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