etalage [Fr.], pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, splurge,
glitter, strut, pomposity; pretense, pretensions; showing off; fuss.
magnificence, splendor; coup d'oeil [Fr.]; grand doings.
coup de theatre; stage effect, stage trick; claptrap; mise en
scene [Fr.]; tour de force; chic.
demonstration, flying colors; tomfoolery; flourish of trumpets &c
(celebration) 883; pageant, pageantry; spectacle, exhibition,
exposition, procession; turn out, set out; grand function; fête, gala,
field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant.
dress; court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy
dress; tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery,
equipage.
ceremony, ceremonial; ritual; form, formality; etiquette; puncto
[Lat.], punctilio, punctiliousness; starched stateliness, stateliness.
mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor.
attitudinarian†; fop &c 854.
V. be ostentatious &c adj.; come forward, put oneself forward; attract
attention, star it.
cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a
dash, cut a splash, cut a splurge; figure, figure away; make a show,
make a display; glitter.
show off, show off one's paces; parade, march past; display,
exhibit, put forward, hold up; trot out, hand out; sport, brandish,
blazon forth; dangle, dangle before the eyes.
cry up &c (praise) 931; proner [Fr.], flaunt, emblazon, prink†, set
off, mount, have framed and glazed.
put a good face upon, put a smiling face upon; clean the outside
of the platter &c (disguise) 544.
Adj. ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious; janty†, jaunty; grand,
pompous, palatial; high-sounding; turgid &c (big-sounding) 577;
gairish†, garish; gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy
as a tulip; flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering; gay &c (ornate)
847.
splendid, magnificent, sumptuous.
theatrical, dramatic, spectacular; ceremonial, ritual.
solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious,
punctilious, starched.
dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out,
en granite tenue [Fr.], in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best,
endimanché, chic.
Adv. with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors.
ad captandum vulgus [Lat.].
Phr. honores mutant mores [Lat.].