Reverse Dictionary: OSTENTATION

ADJECTIVES
1300 — ORGULOUS ostentatious, showy → arch.
1535 — POMPATIC ostentatious, showy → obs.
1564 — THRASONICAL given to bragging, boasting; exhibiting ostentation
1610 — POMPATICAL ostentatious, showy
1638 — FASTUOUS proud, haughty, disdainful, arrogant; pretentious, ostentatious
1657 — OSTENTATORY intended to attract attention or admiration; ostentatious → obs.
1722 — VOGIE of things: imposing, grand, ostentatious → Sc.
1724 — VANDIE of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated → Sc. obs.
1724 — VANNIE of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated → Sc. obs.
1724 — VAUNTIE → VAUNTY boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy → chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
1727 — FASTUOSE haughty, arrogant, pretentious, ostentatious → obs.
1733 — VADY proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry → Sc.
1733 — VAUDIE → VOUDIE proud, vain, conceited, ostentatious → Sc.
1733 — WADDIE → WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry → Sc.
1755 — PARADEFUL full of display, ostentatious
1785 — FLASH ostentatious or vulgar → colloq.
1789 — GALLOWS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, tough, bold, daring, ostentatious, nonchalant → UK
1789 — GALLUS attractive, wonderful; self-confident, quick-witted, brave, ostentatious, nonchalant → UK
1789 — VANTIE boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy → Sc.
1818 — AFFICHÉ characterized by flamboyant or showy display; extravagant, ostentatious
1822 — DASHY showy, ostentatiously fashionable; stylish → colloq.
1827 — AIRY ostentatious, conceited, pretentious → Eng. dial.
1835 — SWANKY elegant or ostentatious
1840 — AFLAUNT waving gaily or proudly; ostentatiously displaying oneself or one’s clothes
1841 — PRETENCEFUL pretentious; ostentatious, pompous
1847 — FANTY-SHEENY showy, fanciful, ostentatious, over-particular → Eng. dial.
1849 — DAMN-MY-EYES flashy; ostentatious → US nautical sl.
1868 — PRETENSIVE pretentious, ostentatious, snobbish → chiefly US
1880 — PALAVERIN capering, ostentatious → Sc.
1896 — HOT-DOG of outstanding quality or merit; skilful; flashy, ostentatious → US sl.
1898 — LAIRY → LAREY → LARY → LEARY showy, ostentatious, attention-seeking → Aust. sl.
..L19 — DEAD-GAME dissolute, ostentatious → US students’ sl.
1911 — BRANKIN lively, gay; showy, ostentatious; prancing → Sc. (Bk.)
1927 — LIKE A DOG’S DINNER of dress, etc.: ostentatious, flashy, or over-elaborate → colloq.
1930 — TIZZY of a person: ostentatious, showy, vulgar → Aust. sl.
1935 — FANCY-SCHMANCY extremely fancy, esp. in a pretentious or ostentatious way → colloq.
1945 — HELL’S-A-POPPIN’ → HELLZAPOPPIN‘ adj. hectic, chaotic; extremely eventful, action-packed, exciting; ostentatious, flashy → colloq., orig. US
1954 — PRISS to walk or go about in an ostentatious or affected manner → Amer.  dial.
1980 — JACK flashy, ostentatious → sl.
1990 — STYLING ostentatious, fashionable → African-American sl.
1999 — FLASH AS A RAT WITH A GOLD TOOTH ostentatious; tastelessly overdressed → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2000 — LEMON ostentatious → rhyming sl. (lemon squash = flash)

ADVERBS
1677 — FASTUOUSLY ostentatiously, haughtily, arrogantly, pretentiously
..20C — LAIRY → LEARY showily, ostentatiously → Aust. sl.

NOUNS
1000 — PRIDE magnificence, splendour; pomp, ostentation, display → chiefly poetic usage, obs.
1384 — PRIDE OF LIFE worldly pride or ostentation, vainglory → arch.
1538 — POMPOSITY ostentatiousness
1568 — SPRANK a display, an exhibition; an ostentatious show → obs.
1576 — JACTATION boasting, bragging, ostentatious display
1597 — GAUDERY gaudy or showy decoration, ostentatious show; finery, fine clothes; also, a fine or gaudy thing, a piece of finery
1609 — VENDITATION a boastful or ostentatious display
1621 — PARADA → PARADO pomp, show, display, ostentation → obs.
1632 — JACTITATION public or open declaration, esp. of a boastful sort; ostentatious affirmation; boasting, bragging
1637 — VANTATION ostentation, display → obs.
1649 — FASTUOUSNESS haughtiness, ostentation, arrogance
1652 — FANFARONADE boisterous or arrogant language; boastful assertion, brag; ostentation; an instance of this
1656 — FANTASTRY fantastic display or show; ostentation, affectation → obs.
1656 — FASTUOSITY haughtiness, ostentation, pomposity → obs.
1667 — FLUTTER ostentatious display, fuss, sensation, show, stir → obs.
1674 — ÉCLAT public display, ostentation; notoriety, publicity; a public exposure, scandal, ‘scene’ → obs.
..19C — SPLASH a striking or ostentatious display, appearance or effect → sl.
1816 — PARAFFLE → PARAFLE a flourish, ostentatious display, fuss → Sc.
1836 — TIGERISM vulgar ostentation or affectation; pretentiousness; swagger
1838 — FANTASIA ostentation, pomp, self-importance
1848 — FANFARON fanfare; noisy or boastful parade; ostentation → obs.
1860 — SKITE boasting, boastfulness; ostentation, show; conceit → Aust. & NZ colloq.
1884 — TOP-DRESSING more ostentatious display
1892 — PALAVER a fussy manner of behaving; an ostentatious or finical procedure; a great to-do about nothing; applied to action rather than exclusively to speech
..20C — NANG ostentation, esp. in one’s dress → W. Indies sl.
1902 — NYANGA → YANGA ostentation, esp. in one’s dress; a smart person → W. Indies sl.
1914 — BUNK deceit; ostentation → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1927 — OVER-DO showing off, ostentation → W. Indies sl.
1960 — STYLING showing off, acting ostentatiously → sl.
1974 — FOFARRAW → FOOFOORAW ostentation; show-off; bluster → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1979 — NUFFNESS showiness, ostentation, vulgarity → W. Indies sl.
2000 — BLINGAGE ostentation, conspicuous display → US sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1580 — AFFECTER a professed adherent or practiser of anything; an ostentatious or pretentious user, possessor, or professor
1598 — JAY a showy, ostentatious, or flashy woman
1611 — OSTENTATRIX an ostentatious woman → obs.
1733 — AFFECTATOR one who makes an ostentatious display of something → obs.
1780 — DANDY a man who dresses fashionably and ostentatiously; a fop
..19C — OLD PALAVER a fussy, ostentatious person → Sc.
1800 — DAZZLER one who dazzles; a showy or ostentatious woman → colloq.
1805 — FLAMER a conspicuous, ostentatious person who ‘burns brightly’; someone or something very unusual or vigorous
1816 — FLISKMAHOY a giddy, ostentatious person; a flighty girl; a giddy, gawky girl; a woman who gives herself airs → Sc.
1825 — VOLISHER an ostentatious talker; a boaster → Sc. 
1841 — SHOW-OFF a person given to ostentatious behaviour; a braggart → Amer. colloq.
1848 — VANITY-FAIRIAN an ostentatious person
1866 — PALAIVER → PALAVER a foolishly ostentatious person; a tedious fusspot → Sc. (Bk.)
1888 — GRANDSTAND PLAYER one who grandstands, or performs showily or ostentatiously in an attempt to impress onlookers; a show-off → sl.
1894 — HOT DOG a flashy, ostentatiously successful person; a show-off; later, also, a person proficient at a sport → sl., orig. US
1911 — BLOUST an ostentatious person → Sc. (Bk.)
1930 — HIGHFLYER a showy, fashionable person; an extravagant or ostentatious person → Amer. dial.
1948 — GRANDSTAND ARTIST one who grandstands, or performs showily or ostentatiously in an attempt to impress onlookers; a show-off → sl.
1960 — FLASH HARRY an ostentatious, loudly dressed, and typically bad-mannered man → Brit. sl.
1970 — WANK an objectionable or contemptible person, esp. male; an incompetent, pretentious, or ostentatious person → sl.
1971 — WANKER an objectionable or contemptible person, esp. male; an incompetent, pretentious, or ostentatious person → Brit. sl. 
2002 — JACK THE BISCUIT a show-off; someone who is important or self-important enough to be ostentatious → UK sl. 

VERBS
1540 — OSTENTATE to make a show of, to show off; to display ostentatiously or boastfully
1588 — AFFECTATE to make ostentatious use of → obs.
1605 — AFFECT to show ostentatiously a liking for; to make an ostentatious use or display of; to take upon oneself artificially or for effect; to assume
1616 — CUT A CAPER to act in an ostentatious manner; to dance in a frolicsome way →
1652 — VAPOUR to act in a fantastic or ostentatious manner; to show off; to swagger; to walk in with a swaggering air
..E18 ​— SPORT to behave showily or ostentatiously in public → sl.
1785 — FLASH to display ostentatiously → sl.
..19C — CUT A SPLASH to make an ostentatious display → sl.
1808 — VAMPER to make an ostentatious appearance; to pose → Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
1809 — SWANK to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously; to swagger; to show off → sl.
1820 — SCANCE to make an ostentatious display in conversation; to exaggerate → Sc.
1825 — VOLAGE to talk ostentatiously → Sc. 
1854 — TITRIVATE to titivate; to adjust the personal appearance of; to make oneself attractive; to primp, to go about ostentatiously → Amer. dial.
1857 — SKITE to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously → Aust. & NZ sl.
1865 — PUT ON THE DOG to behave or dress in an ostentatious or showy manner; to show off; to put on airs; to something energetically or noisily → sl., orig. US
1896 — SHOOT OFF ONE’S MOUTH → SHOOT ONE’S MOUTH OFF to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously → sl., orig. US
1905 — FLARE to display oneself ostentatiously → Amer. dial.
1905 — PALAVER to behave in an ostentatious manner → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — VOLISH to talk ostentatiously → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1920 — CAMP to act ostentatiously and outrageously in a homosexual manner, although by no means restricted — verbally or physically to the gay world → sl.
1924 — BLAH to talk pretentiously or ostentatiously → sl.
1924 — BLAH-BLAH to talk pretentiously or ostentatiously → sl.
1928 — LAIR to behave in a showy, ostentatious way → Aust. sl.
1934 — WOOF to talk pretentiously or ostentatiously → African-American sl.
1945 — LAIRISE to behave in a showy, ostentatious way → Aust. sl.
1946 — PRISS AROUND to walk or go about in an ostentatious or affected manner → Amer. dial.
1959 — HOT-DOG to show off; to display one’s abilities or accomplishments in a boastful manner; to perform with ostentatious skill → US & Aust. sl.
1960 — HIGH-PLAY to act in an ostentatious manner → US criminals’ sl.
1963 — CARRY ON to act in an ostentatiously effeminate manner in public → US sl.
1968 — SASHAY to strut, to parade, to walk in an ostentatious or provocative manner → sl., orig. US
1969 — FLASH UP to dress or act ostentatiously → Amer. dial.
1970 — QUEEN to act in an effeminate manner; to pose ostentatiously → sl.