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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ostentnoun

    Etymology: oslentum, Latin.

    Use all th’ observance of civility,
    Like one well studied in a sad ostent,
    To please his grandam. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Ven.

    Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts
    To courtship, and such fair ostents of love
    As shall conveniently become you there. William Shakespeare.

    Latinus, frighted with this dire ostent,
    For counsel to his father Faunus went;
    And sought the shades renown’d for prophecy,
    Which near Albunia’s sulph’rous fountain lie. Dryden.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ostent in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ostent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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