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Ostentatiousness

Ostentatious \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. [1913 Webster] -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ness, n.

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ostentatiousness

n. The property or characteristic of being ostentatious.

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ostentatiousness

n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness, inflation]

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Many years ago over cocktails, Dirk had laughed about the ostentatiousness of the house and grounds.