Ostent

Quick meaning: Ostent is a verb meaning (ambitransitive, obsolete) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly; to ostentate.

Meaning

(ambitransitive, obsolete) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly; to ostentate.

More Meanings

1. A boastful, ostentatious display or exhibition.
2. (archaic, rare) A display, an exhibition; an appearance, a manifestation.
3. (archaic, rare) A portent, a token.
4. (obsolete or historical) One sixtieth of an hour: a minute (60 seconds).

Example Sentences

Latinus, frighted with this dire ostent, / For counsel to his father Faunus went,

We ask'd of God that some ostent might clear / Our cloudy business, who gave us sign.

Vſe all the obſeruance of ciuility, / Like one well ſtudied in a ſad oſtent / To pleaſe his Grandam, neuer truſt me more.

Be merry, and employ your cheefeſt thoughts / To Courtſhip, and ſuch faire oſtents of loue, / As ſhall conueniently become you there.

Word Forms

• ostents
• ostenting
• ostented
• ostenta

Synonyms for ostent

Depending on context, synonyms include demonstrate, display, ostentate, manifest, exhibitionize, preen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ostentate, overboast, rodomontade, boast, bombast, outbrag.

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