ostentation
/ˌɒstənˈteɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Sir Henry had consumed his substance in ostentation and riotous hospitality—had fed many at his board, made many merry in his halls, but not a friend was in his house of mourning; the very retainers who had grown rich upon his ruin, seemed to deem the burial of their master but a signal for carousing and license."
- "At times there are more than 100 deer on his property and an ostentation of peacocks."
- "A full ostentation of peahens who it appeared had been drawn in by the sight of me in my feathered coat, mistaking me for an actual peacock!"
- "Where else in the city can you closely watch an ostentation of peacocks dancing away blissfully without a care in the world or a Kingfisher dive into the lake to devour its meal or even a tree pie watching you from the window ledge?"
- "Let her awhile be secretly kept in, And publish it that she is dead indeed: Maintain a mourning ostentation"
Etymology
Originated 1425–75 from late Middle English ostentacioun, borrowed from Middle French ostentation and its etymon Latin ostentātiō, ostentātiōnem, equivalent to ostentātus (past participle of ostentāre, to display or exhibit), frequentative of ostendere (“to present, display”) + -iōn. By surface analysis, ostent + -ation.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ostentacioun, ostentation, ostentātiō