| 单词 |
ostentous |
| 释义 |
† oˈstentous, a. Obs. [f. ostent n.2 + -ous: cf. portentous. The etymol. form would be *ostentuous, in late L. ostentuōsus (Onomast. Lat. Gr.), f. ostentu-s.] = ostentatious.
1624T. Scott Belg. Sould. 8 A fourth spareth not the ostentous braverie of Princes, and excesse of apparrell. c1645Howell Lett. i. v. xxix. (1726) 224 Upon the highest Mountain 'mongst the Alps, he [Louis XIII] left this ostentous Inscription upon a great Marble Pillar. 1687New Atlantis i. 377 Ostentous Pomp the simple mind doth please. Hence † oˈstentously adv., ostentatiously.
1665J. Webb Stone-Heng (1725) 174 Then enters Olaus Wormius boldly with great Stones; and to him Doctor Charleton ostentously with mighty Stones. |

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