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单词 ostentiferous
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ostentiferousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ostentum , -iferous comb. form.
Etymology: < classical Latin ostentum ostent n.1 + -iferous comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin ostentifer portentous (only attested in a glossary). Compare earlier ostentful adj.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Bringing omens or unnatural or supernatural manifestations.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ostentiferous, that which brings monsters or strange sights.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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