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Today's word is ostentatious, spelled O-T-E-N-T-I-O-U-S?

Ostentatious is an adjective.

It describes someone or something that displays wealth, knowledge, or power in a way that is meant to attract

attention, admiration, or envy.

Things that are ostentatious tend to stand out as overly elaborate or conspicuous.

Here's the word used in a sentence from the independent.

Valentino presented a dizzying display at Paris Ote Couture Week,

fusing the past and present in theatrical ostentatious designs.

Both ostentatious and the related noun ostentation can be traced to the Latin

verb ostentare, meaning to display, and the idea of display persists in the English words current use.

People and things described as ostentatious seem to be practically begging to be looked at.

Ostentatious is often applied to objects and buildings that can also be described as luxurious, flashy jewelry, mansions, edifices

with marble columns. Someone with an ostentatious lifestyle spends money in a way that makes it obvious

that they have a lot of it.

When used in negative constructions, as in the house is large but not ostentatious,

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