ostentation

Meaning

Noun

• Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.
• A show or spectacle.

Related

Similar words

• parade
• pageantry
• show
• showiness
• pomp
• pompousness
• vaunting
• boasting

Origin

• Originated 1425–75 from late Middle English ostentacioun, borrowed from Middle French ostentation, from Latin ostentātiō, equivalent to ostentātus (past participle of ostentāre, to display or exhibit), frequentative of ostendere + -iōn.