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51blazon — I. noun Etymology: Middle English blason, from Anglo French Date: 14th century 1. a. armorial bearings ; coat of arms b. the proper description or representation of heraldic or armorial bearings 2. ostentatious display II. transitive verb …
52Lex Oppia — The Lex Oppia was a law established in ancient Rome in 215 BC, at the height of the Second Punic War during the days of national catastrophe after the Battle of Cannae.[1] Instituted by Gaius Oppius, a tribune of the plebs during the consulship… …
53Northwest Coast Indian — Any member of the North American Indian peoples inhabiting a narrow but rich belt of coastland and offshore islands from southeast Alaska to northwestern California. A signal feature of Northwest Coast society was the emphasis on each individual… …
54Dickens, Charles — ▪ British novelist Introduction in full Charles John Huffam Dickens born Feb. 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Eng. died June 9, 1870, Gad s Hill, near Chatham, Kent English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. His …
55show — {{11}}show (n.) c.1300, act of exhibiting to view, from SHOW (Cf. show) (v.). Sense of appearance put on with intention to deceive is recorded from 1520s. Meaning display, spectacle is first recorded 1560s; that of ostentatious display is from… …
56show-off — 1776 (n.) a display; see SHOW (Cf. show) (v.). In ref. to the person who makes an ostentatious display, attested from 1924. The verb is first recorded 1793 …
57pageant — n 1. spectacle, display, show, parade, pomp, ceremony; procession, masque, gala; tableau vivant, view, scene, representation, miracle play. 2. exhibit, exhibition, presentation, exposition; extravaganza, panorama, ostentation, ostentatious… …
58splash — /splæʃ / (say splash) verb (t) 1. to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter. 2. to fall upon (something) in scattered masses or particles, as a liquid does. 3. to cause to appear spattered. 4. to dash… …
59peacock — n. 1 a male peafowl, having brilliant plumage and a tail (with eyelike markings) that can be expanded erect in display like a fan. 2 this type of ostentatious display. Phrases and idioms: peacock blue the lustrous greenish blue of a peacock s… …
60os|tent — «os TEHNT», noun. Archaic. 1. a) the act of showing; a show or display: »fair ostents of love (Shakespeare). b) ostentatious display. 2. a sign, portent, or prodigy: »Latinus, frighted with this dire ostent, For counsel to his father Faunus went… …
