Ostentation (?), n. [L. ostentatio: cf. F. ostentation.] 1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. “Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm.” Milton.
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He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation. Atterbury.
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2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] Shak.
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Syn. -- Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See Parade.
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