Category:Ostentation

Os`ten*ta"tion, n. Etym: [l. ostentatio: cf. F. ostentation.]

1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; Unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive Sense. "much ostentation vain of fleshly arm." Milton. He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to Ostentation. Atterbury.

2. A show or spectacle. [obs.] Shak.

Syn. -- parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See parade.