ostentativeadj.

Brit.

/ɒsˈtɛntətɪv/, U.S.

/ɑsˈtɛn(t)ədɪv/

Forms: 1600s ostentatiue, 1600s 1900s– ostentative.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ostentāt- , ostentāre , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin ostentāt-, past participial stem of ostentāre ostentate v. + -ive suffix. Compare post-classical Latin ostentativus (of a type of oratory) demonstrative (16th cent.). Compare slightly earlier ostentive adj., and earlier ostentatious adj.

Now rare.

= ostentatious adj. (in various senses).In early use. (occasionally) also: †ostensible (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

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

rankOE

peacockly?a1425

ruffling1531

garish1545

peacockish1551

peacock-like1576

ostentatious1590

fastuous?1591

flaring1593

flantitanting1596

ostentive1599

ostentative1601

showful1607

flourishable1614

flourishing1616

flaunting1624

ostentous1624

ostentatory1638

swasha1640

fanfaron1670

paradeful1748

ostensible1782

epideictic1790

fandangous1797

flashy1801

affiché1818

show-off1818

splashing1820

flaunty1825

splash-and-dash1830

pretentious1832

flash1836

splashy1836

pretenceful1841

swanky1842

peacocky1844

fantysheeny1847

splurgy1852

cheesy1858

pretensivea1868

duchessy1870

swagger1879

lavish1882

splurging1884

show-offy1890

razzmatazz1900

show-offish1903

whoop-de-do1904

Ritz1908

split-arse1917

swanking1918

ritzy1919

fantoosh1920

knock-me-down1922

showboating1936

showboat1939

hellzapoppin'1945

zazzy1961

glitzy1966

sploshy1966

zhuzhy1968

noncy1989

bling1999

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > capable of being proved

provably1395

provablea1425

monstrablec1429

probable1485

demonstrable1551

justifiable1580

averrable1588

verifiable1593

ostentative1601

remonstrable1604

affirmable1611

demonstrative1612

showablea1617

deducible1617

declarable1646

evidenceable1660

evincible1761

demonstratable1814

establishable1918

1601 W. Watson Important Consid. (1831) 18 An outward ostentative shew of advancing the Secular Priests.

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 73 An ostentatiue sleeght and vaineglorious deuice.

1638 Div. & Politike Observ. To Rdr. 3 Out of such a vaine glory as ostentative persons affect.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. ii. §4. 12 The arguments..I do not bestow that ostentative term of demonstration upon them.

1680 ‘Philalethes’ tr. G. Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos 68 By the odiousness of one ill deed they lose all the thanks of their ostentative bounty.

1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 251 There are ostentative Nations, and the Spanish with the first.

1927 R. G. Tugwell Industry's Coming of Age 257 It is therefore to the industrialists and their families that the costly and ostentative luxuries of life most fitly seem to belong.

Derivatives

† ostentatively adv. Obsolete = ostentatiously adv.

ΘΚΠ

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

boggishlya1375

with great renowna1400

jettingly1440

flourishingly?1545

rufflingly1575

flaunt-a-flaunt1576

peacock-like1576

peacockwise1577

peacockly1580

aflaunt1584

vauntingly1593

wealth boastingly1593

prankingly1610

fastuously1654

ostentativelya1658

ostentously1665

ostentatiously1671

showily1755

violently1771

paradingly1792

peacockically1834

peacockishly1834

pretentiously1848

ostensibly1855

slangily1858

peacocky1860

splurgily1887

swankily1924

glitzily1982

a1658 J. Durham Dying Man's Test. (1659) 27 Ostentatively in a selfis way to give.

1668 H. More Divine Dialogues iii. xxxii. 517 We do not wantonly and ostentatively produce those Keys, but at a dead lift, when no other method will satisfie him.

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

单词	ostentative
释义	ostentativeadj. Brit. /ɒsˈtɛntətɪv/, U.S. /ɑsˈtɛn(t)ədɪv/ Forms: 1600s ostentatiue, 1600s 1900s– ostentative. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ostentāt- , ostentāre , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin ostentāt-, past participial stem of ostentāre ostentate v. + -ive suffix. Compare post-classical Latin ostentativus (of a type of oratory) demonstrative (16th cent.). Compare slightly earlier ostentive adj., and earlier ostentatious adj. Now rare. = ostentatious adj. (in various senses).In early use. (occasionally) also: †ostensible (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] rankOE peacockly?a1425 ruffling1531 garish1545 peacockish1551 peacock-like1576 ostentatious1590 fastuous?1591 flaring1593 flantitanting1596 ostentive1599 ostentative1601 showful1607 flourishable1614 flourishing1616 flaunting1624 ostentous1624 ostentatory1638 swasha1640 fanfaron1670 paradeful1748 ostensible1782 epideictic1790 fandangous1797 flashy1801 affiché1818 show-off1818 splashing1820 flaunty1825 splash-and-dash1830 pretentious1832 flash1836 splashy1836 pretenceful1841 swanky1842 peacocky1844 fantysheeny1847 splurgy1852 cheesy1858 pretensivea1868 duchessy1870 swagger1879 lavish1882 splurging1884 show-offy1890 razzmatazz1900 show-offish1903 whoop-de-do1904 Ritz1908 split-arse1917 swanking1918 ritzy1919 fantoosh1920 knock-me-down1922 showboating1936 showboat1939 hellzapoppin'1945 zazzy1961 glitzy1966 sploshy1966 zhuzhy1968 noncy1989 bling1999 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > capable of being proved provably1395 provablea1425 monstrablec1429 probable1485 demonstrable1551 justifiable1580 averrable1588 verifiable1593 ostentative1601 remonstrable1604 affirmable1611 demonstrative1612 showablea1617 deducible1617 declarable1646 evidenceable1660 evincible1761 demonstratable1814 establishable1918 1601 W. Watson Important Consid. (1831) 18 An outward ostentative shew of advancing the Secular Priests. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 73 An ostentatiue sleeght and vaineglorious deuice. 1638 Div. & Politike Observ. To Rdr. 3 Out of such a vaine glory as ostentative persons affect. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. ii. §4. 12 The arguments..I do not bestow that ostentative term of demonstration upon them. 1680 ‘Philalethes’ tr. G. Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos 68 By the odiousness of one ill deed they lose all the thanks of their ostentative bounty. 1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 251 There are ostentative Nations, and the Spanish with the first. 1927 R. G. Tugwell Industry's Coming of Age 257 It is therefore to the industrialists and their families that the costly and ostentative luxuries of life most fitly seem to belong. Derivatives † ostentatively adv. Obsolete = ostentatiously adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adverb] boggishlya1375 with great renowna1400 jettingly1440 flourishingly?1545 rufflingly1575 flaunt-a-flaunt1576 peacock-like1576 peacockwise1577 peacockly1580 aflaunt1584 vauntingly1593 wealth boastingly1593 prankingly1610 fastuously1654 ostentativelya1658 ostentously1665 ostentatiously1671 showily1755 violently1771 paradingly1792 peacockically1834 peacockishly1834 pretentiously1848 ostensibly1855 slangily1858 peacocky1860 splurgily1887 swankily1924 glitzily1982 a1658 J. Durham Dying Man's Test. (1659) 27 Ostentatively in a selfis way to give. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues iii. xxxii. 517 We do not wantonly and ostentatively produce those Keys, but at a dead lift, when no other method will satisfie him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1601
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