- ostentation (n.)
[ostentation 词源字典]
- mid-15c., from Old French ostentacion (mid-14c.) and directly from Latin ostentationem (nominative ostentatio) "showing, exhibition, vain display," noun of action from past participle stem of ostentare "to display," frequentative of ostendere "to show" (see ostensible).[ostentation etymology, ostentation origin, 英语词源]