ostentatiousness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ostentatiousness
    n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
         puffed up with vanity [syn: {ostentation},
         {ostentatiousness}, {pomposity}, {pompousness},
         {pretentiousness}, {puffiness}, {splashiness}, {inflation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ostentatious \Os`ten*ta"tious\, a.
   Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous;
   pretentious; boastful.
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         Far from being ostentatious of the good you do.
                                                  --Dryden.
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         The ostentatious professions of many years. --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster] -- {Os`ten*ta"tious*ly}, adv. --
   {Os`ten*ta"tious*ness}, n.
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