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

Syn. -- Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting.

See Parade.

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.

Os"ten*ta`tor (?), n. [L.] One fond of display; a boaster. Sherwood.

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