OSTENTATIOUS

ostentatious. Ostentatious, a. fond of show, pompous, proud

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Os′ten‐ta″tious (?), a. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful. Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. Dryden. The ostentatious professions of many years. Macaulay. — Os′ten‐ta″tious‐ly, adv. — Os′ten‐ta″tious‐ness, n.