Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ostentatious; making a show.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Ostentatious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
ostentatious
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Examples
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For the manner of setting out, it was as usuall as in other ships, but that the _Turkes_ delighted in the ostentous braverie of their Streamers, Banners, and Top-sayles; the ship being a handsome ship, and well built for any purpose.
Great Pirate Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897
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