ostentatious

English

Originated 1650–60; ostentation +‎ -ious.

ostentatious (comparative more ostentatious, superlative most ostentatious)

of ostentation

Azerbaijani: ədabaz
Bulgarian: показен (bg) (pokazen)
Catalan: ostentós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮華／浮华 (zh) (fúhuá, fúhua), 闊綽／阔绰 (zh) (kuòchuò)
Czech: okázalý (cs) m, ostentativní
Dutch: protserig (nl)
Esperanto: parada
Finnish: ylitsevuotava, liiallinen (fi), mahtaileva (fi), pramea (fi)
French: ostentatoire (fr)
Galician: ostentoso m
German: protzig (de), prahlerisch (de), prunkhaft (de), prunkvoll (de), prahlend (de), protzend (de), großtuerisch, pomphaft (de), pompös (de)
Greek: επιδεικτικός (el) m (epideiktikós)
Irish: mustrach, gáifeach, taibhseach
Italian: ostentato (it)
Japanese: けばけばしい (ja) (kebakebashii), 派手な (ja) (はでな, hade na)
Macedonian: фалба́џиски (falbádžiski)
Maori: hahaki
Polish: ostentacyjny (pl)
Portuguese: ostentatório
Romanian: ostentativ (ro) m or n, provocator (ro) m or n, ostentațios m or n
Russian: показно́й (ru) (pokaznój), нарочи́тый (ru) (naročítyj), хвастли́вый (ru) (xvastlívyj), вне́шний (ru) (vnéšnij) (superficial, external)
Slovak: ostentatívny, vystatovačný, vypínavý
Spanish: ostentoso (es)
Swedish: skrytsam (sv), pompös (sv)
Telugu: అట్టహాసము (te) (aṭṭahāsamu)
Ukrainian: показний m (pokaznyj)

intended to attract notice

of tawdry display

“ostentatious”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
“ostentatious”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
"ostentatious" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

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