ostentatiousnessn.

Brit.

/ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃəsnəs/,

/ˌɒst(ə)nˈteɪʃəsnəs/, U.S.

/ˌɑst(ə)nˈteɪʃəsnəs/

Forms: see ostentatious adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ostentatious adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < ostentatious adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier ostentation n.

The quality or condition of being ostentatious; showiness, pretentiousness.

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-

1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Hist. Venice ii. ii. 124 To lose their lives without any advantage, would be rather a sign of foolish ostentatiousnesse [It. ostinazione], than of true worth.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Ostentatiousness, vauntingness, bragging, shewiness.

1784 Ann. Reg. 1782 Characters 52/1 They learn..to despise ostentatiousness as being sinful.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Sexton's Hero (1855) 12 He had called out from the bottom of the first flight of stairs, just close to the Hodgsons' door (‘Such ostentatiousness,’ as Mrs Hodgson observed), ‘You will not forget the sausages, my dear?’

1882 L. Stephen Swift v. 103 It would be a great mistake to infer that this ostentatiousness of authority concealed real servility.

1977 Gramophone Dec. 1059/3 He disliked anything that smacked of ostentatiousness.

1993 World Politics 46 107 The January 1975 demonstration in Cairo was a response in part to the new ostentatiousness of the wealthy.

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

单词	ostentatiousness
释义	ostentatiousnessn. Brit. /ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃəsnəs/, /ˌɒst(ə)nˈteɪʃəsnəs/, U.S. /ˌɑst(ə)nˈteɪʃəsnəs/ Forms: see ostentatious adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ostentatious adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < ostentatious adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier ostentation n. The quality or condition of being ostentatious; showiness, pretentiousness. 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- 1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Hist. Venice ii. ii. 124 To lose their lives without any advantage, would be rather a sign of foolish ostentatiousnesse [It. ostinazione], than of true worth. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Ostentatiousness, vauntingness, bragging, shewiness. 1784 Ann. Reg. 1782 Characters 52/1 They learn..to despise ostentatiousness as being sinful. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Sexton's Hero (1855) 12 He had called out from the bottom of the first flight of stairs, just close to the Hodgsons' door (‘Such ostentatiousness,’ as Mrs Hodgson observed), ‘You will not forget the sausages, my dear?’ 1882 L. Stephen Swift v. 103 It would be a great mistake to infer that this ostentatiousness of authority concealed real servility. 1977 Gramophone Dec. 1059/3 He disliked anything that smacked of ostentatiousness. 1993 World Politics 46 107 The January 1975 demonstration in Cairo was a response in part to the new ostentatiousness of the wealthy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658
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