äˌstent noun
( -s )
Etymology: in sense 1, from Latin ostentum, from neuter of ostentus, past participle of ostendere to show; in other senses, from Latin ostentus, n., from ostentus, past participle of ostendere to show
1. : a significant sign : portent
the night waxed wan, as though with an awed sense of such ostent — Thomas Hardy
2. : the act of showing or displaying : appearance , manifestation
be merry and employ your chiefest thoughts to courtship and such fair ostents of love — Shakespeare
3. : excessive display : ostentation 1 a
the city of glorious ostent and vanity — Christopher Morley