Definition of OSTENT

ostent

Plural: ostenta, ostents

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.
  • One sixtieth of an hour: a minute (60 seconds).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French ostenter (“to make an ostentatious display of”), or directly from its etymon Latin ostentāre (“to exhibit, present, show; to show off”), frequentative of ostendere (“to exhibit, show”), from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + tendere (“to extend, stretch; to distend”) (from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to extend, stretch”)).

Scrabble Score: 6

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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