n. 1 a display (esp. public) of works of art, industrial products, etc. 2 the act or an instance of exhibiting; the state of being exhibited. 3 Brit. a scholarship, esp. from the funds of a school, college, etc. make an exhibition of oneself behave so as to appear ridiculous or foolish.
[ ME f. OF f. LL exhibitio -onis (as EXHIBIT) ]