| | Word of the Day — February 20, 2013February 21, 2013 - Scott Viau ostentatious - OS-ten-TAY-shus - vulgar or pretentious display designed to impress or attract, showy, flamboyant Example: "In a letter to the NY Times, William Chase of Ann Arbor wrote: 'We had the good fortune to be born into a world that gave credit to qualities other than ostentatious wealth...'" | in: News, Blogs & Events Web |