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SHOWINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extravagant elaborateness
Example:
he wrote with great flamboyance
Synonyms:
flamboyance; floridity; floridness; showiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("showiness" is a kind of...):
elaborateness; ornateness (an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated)
Derivation:
showy ((used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display)
showy (displaying brilliance and virtuosity)
showy (marked by ostentation but often tasteless)
