Dictionary entry

Ostentatious

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.