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SHOWINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does showiness mean? 

SHOWINESS (noun)
  The noun SHOWINESS has 1 sense:

1. extravagant elaboratenessplay

  Familiarity information: SHOWINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHOWINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Extravagant elaborateness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

flamboyance; floridity; floridness; showiness

Context example:

he wrote with great flamboyance

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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