† ostentiveadj.
Obsolete.
= ostentatious adj.
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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
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 22 The red herring..empals our sage senatours..in princely scarlet as pompous ostentyue as the Vintiquater or Lady Troynouant.
1614 W. Alexander Doomes-day iii. xxx. sig. I2 That pompous Bird which still in Triumph beares Rould in a Circle his ostentiue Taile.
1670 J. Law in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. App. 234 The Bishop..desired Mr Gilbert Burnett to reply, which he did in an ostentive manner.
1730 Ld. Mar's Legacy to Son (1897) 186 The..affected and ostentive way of the Church of Rome.
1736 J. M'Ure View City of Glasgow 350 The Macdonalds in his time were very haughtie, proud and ostentive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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