ostent

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle French ostenter (“to make an ostentatious display of”), or directly from its etymon Latin ostentāre (“to exhibit, present, show; to show off”), frequentative of ostendere (“to exhibit, show”), from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + tendere (“to extend, stretch; to distend”) (from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to extend, stretch”)). Doublet of ostentate. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒstɛnt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑstɛnt/ Hyphenation: os‧tent ==== Verb ==== ostent (third-person singular simple present ostents, present participle ostenting, simple past and past participle ostented) (ambitransitive, obsolete) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly; to ostentate. Synonyms: (transitive) demonstrate, display, ostentate, manifest Synonyms: (intransitive) exhibitionize, ostentate, preen, strut; see also Thesaurus:show off === Etymology 2 === From Latin ostentus (“a display, exhibition, show”), from ostendere (“to exhibit, show”); see further at etymology 1. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒˈstɛnt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɑˈstɛnt/, /ə-/ Hyphenation: os‧tent ==== Noun ==== ostent (plural ostents) (archaic, rare) A display, an exhibition; an appearance, a manifestation. A boastful, ostentatious display or exhibition. === Etymology 3 === From Middle French ostente (“amazing or marvellous thing; prodigy, wonder”) or directly from its etymon Latin ostentum (“portent”), from ostendere (“to exhibit, show”); see further at etymology 1. The plural form ostenta is from Latin ostenta. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒstɛnt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑstɛnt/ Hyphenation: os‧tent ==== Noun ==== ostent (plural ostents or ostenta) (archaic, rare) A portent, a token. === Etymology 4 === Perhaps from Latin ostentum. ==== Noun ==== ostent (plural ostents) (obsolete or historical) One sixtieth of an hour: a minute (60 seconds). ===== Usage notes ===== Distinguished in medieval times from the "minute" that was one tenth of an hour, or six modern minutes. === References === === Anagrams === notest, Totnes, teston, Stoten, Ettons, Teston, Tetons, Ottens