What does ostentous mean?

ostentous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"He gives us occaſion to shew the world our Parts, and Piety , which elſe perhaps in our dark Graves would ſleep and moulder with us quire unknown ; or , could not otherwiſe well be ſeen without the vanity of a light and an oſtentous mind."

more ostentous (comparative) most ostentous (superlative)

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