What does ostentous mean?
Ostentous means (obsolete) ostentatious.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) ostentatious.
He gives us occaſion to shew the world our Parts, and Piety , which elſe perhaps in our dark Graves would ſleep and moulder with us quire unknown ; or , could not otherwiſe well be ſeen without the vanity of a light and an oſtentous mind.
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Ostentous means (obsolete) ostentatious.
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He gives us occaſion to shew the world our Parts, and Piety , which elſe perhaps in our dark Graves would ſleep and moulder with us quire unknown ; or , could not otherwiſe well be ſeen without the vanity of a light and an oſtentous mind.
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