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- article on "ostentatious", but its sister project Wiktionary does: Read the Wiktionary entry "ostentatious" You can also: Search for Ostentatious in Wikipedia...319 bytes (0 words) - 10:49, 15 December 2023
Conspicuous consumption (redirect from Ostentatious good)economies in which the conspicuous consumption of goods and services ostentatiously signals that the buyer rose from poverty and has something to prove...41 KB (5,095 words) - 14:40, 29 May 2024
though with considerable autonomy. The word came to suggest tyranny or ostentatious splendour, and its modern usage is a pejorative and refers to any subordinate...15 KB (1,607 words) - 03:25, 16 May 2024- camp, described as an "etymologically obscure" use of the word, as "ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual" behavior...61 KB (6,571 words) - 04:24, 12 September 2024
Francisco was a major city known for its flamboyant style, stately hotels, ostentatious mansions on Nob Hill, and a thriving arts scene. The first North American...267 KB (24,654 words) - 03:35, 11 September 2024
oaths, violence, war, and military service, and what they viewed as ostentatious frippery. Matanzas Province, Cuba Rhône-Alpes, France Kedah, Malaysia...201 KB (17,211 words) - 09:32, 11 September 2024
Roman Dmowski, the founder and chief ideologue of the National Democracy (Endecja) in Poland, often ostentatiously demonstrated antisemitism...246 KB (28,605 words) - 10:18, 8 September 2024
especially as an indication of wealth or status; broadly: expensive and ostentatious possessions" such as grills and designer bags. The term arose as slang...7 KB (656 words) - 12:16, 7 July 2024
support and just used for gesturing and prodding. Portraits which are ostentatiously posed in the grand manner are known as swagger portraits. The Tate Gallery...3 KB (366 words) - 15:49, 21 May 2024
second solo album, 2001, released on November 16, 1999, was considered an ostentatious return to his gangsta rap roots. It was initially titled The Chronic...171 KB (16,991 words) - 00:10, 11 September 2024- racists. When they spend their money, they are reproached for being ostentatious; when they don't spend their money, of being avaricious. They are called...142 KB (16,277 words) - 06:43, 10 September 2024
Pertinax. A notable freedman in Latin literature is Trimalchio, the ostentatiously nouveau riche character in the Satyricon, by Petronius. In colonial...28 KB (3,423 words) - 20:44, 13 July 2024
June 1945. Stalin soon came to regret the rank, which he considered too ostentatious, and continued to wear his Marshal insignia and uniform. The rank of...7 KB (717 words) - 00:17, 29 August 2024
inaugurating the Edwardian era, which was characterised by great and ostentatious displays of wealth in contrast to the sombre Victorian Era. With the...127 KB (15,450 words) - 00:29, 28 August 2024
into the contours of a U-shaped ravine — splendid in materials but ostentatiously simple in construction technique." The Panathenaic Stadium influenced...40 KB (4,053 words) - 18:00, 1 September 2024
from safflower – was very expensive, so a bright red garment was an ostentatious display of wealth. Indian fabrics, brought to Japan by Dutch importers...89 KB (10,940 words) - 20:57, 3 September 2024
word psychedelic was chosen to separate the band from punk rockers who ostentatiously scorned the legacy of 1960s rock music. The band initially consisted...24 KB (1,795 words) - 12:39, 19 July 2024
characterized by conspicuous warning coloration with red or black bands, and ostentatious dorsal fins tipped with venomous spines. Pterois radiata, Pterois volitans...58 KB (6,008 words) - 22:50, 30 August 2024
Ghaznavid Empire's independence from caliphal authority, despite Mahmud's ostentatious displays of Sunni orthodoxy and ritual submission to the caliph. In the...137 KB (16,177 words) - 18:15, 10 September 2024
Rhian (11 December 2015). "The 1975's Cocaine Song 'UGH' Is Proudly Ostentatious – Track Review". NME. Retrieved 6 October 2023. Blumsom, Amy (6 March...195 KB (16,495 words) - 22:02, 3 September 2024
- From ostentatious + -ly. ostentatiously (comparative more ostentatiously, superlative most ostentatiously) In an ostentatious manner; extravagantly or
- administering governments—these were pastimes to him; he publicly and ostentatiously accepted the human race at its own valuation—as demigods—and privately
- thought writers were supposed to lead, in which you repudiate the world, ostentatiously consecrating all of your energies to the task of making art. I just
- into tears and run away, Nick instead tends to become affronted before ostentatiously distancing himself from the offender. Nick as the Gryffindor house ghost