ostent

Meaning

Noun

1. A display, an exhibition; an appearance, a manifestation.
2. A boastful, ostentatious display or exhibition.

Verb

To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly; to ostentate.

Synonyms

appearance

display

indication

manifestation

ostentation

portent

prodigy

show

sign

wonder

Hyphenated as

os‧tent

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɒˈstɛnt/

Etymology

From Latin ostentus (“a display, exhibition, show”), from ostendere, present active infinitive of ostendō (“to exhibit, show”); see further at etymology 1.