ostent
noun
os·tent
| \ äˌstent\
plural -s
Definition of ostent
1
: a significant sign : portent
the night waxed wan, as though with an awed sense of such ostent— Thomas Hardy
2
: the act of showing or displaying : appearance, manifestation
be merry and employ your chiefest thoughts to courtship and such fair ostents of love— Shakespeare
3
: excessive display : ostentation sense 1 a
the city of glorious ostent and vanity— Christopher Morley
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