Emily Dickinson Lexicon

OS-TENT-A'TIOUS, a.

1. Making a display from vanity; boastful; fond of presenting one's endowments or works to others in an advantageous light. Your modesty is so far from being ostentatious of the good you do. Dryden.
2. Showy; gaudy; intended for vain display; as, ostentatious ornaments.