ostent

Meanings

Verb

• To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly; to ostentate.

Noun

• A display, an exhibition; an appearance, a manifestation.
• A boastful, ostentatious display or exhibition.
• A portent, a token.
• A minute (60 seconds).

Origin

• From Middle French ostenter ("to make an ostentatious display of"), or directly from its etymon Latin ostentāre, present active infinitive of ostentō, frequentative of ostendō, from ob- + tendō (from Proto-Indo-European *tend- ("to extend, stretch")).
• From Latin ostentus ("a display, exhibition, show"), from ostendere, present active infinitive of ostendō; see further at etymology 1.
• From Middle French ostente ("amazing or marvellous thing; prodigy, wonder") or directly from its etymon Latin ostentum ("portent"), from ostendere, present active infinitive of ostendō; see further at etymology 1.
• The plural form ostenta is from Latin ostenta.