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    SHOWINESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Extravagant elaboratenessplay

    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)

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