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ostentous

ostentous adjective: ostentatious.

Adjective

ostentous (comparative more ostentous, superlative most ostentous)

  1. (obsolete) ostentatious
    • He gives us occaſion to shew the world our Parts, and Piety , which elſe perhaps in our dark Graves would ſleep and moulder with us quire unknown ; or , could not otherwiſe well be ſeen without the vanity of a light and an oſtentous mind.1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Forms of ostentous

comparativemore ostentous
superlativemost ostentous

Questions about ostentous

What does ostentous mean?
Ostentous means ostentatious.
What part of speech is ostentous?
Ostentous is an adjective.

Words near ostentous in the dictionary

  1. ostentatrix
  2. ostented
  3. ostenting
  4. ostentious
  5. ostentive
  6. ostentous
  7. ostents
  8. osteo
  9. osteo-
  10. osteo-malacia
  11. osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis

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