Chapter Opportunely to Out of O by Soule's Synonymes

Osculant, a.

1. Kissing, osculatory, osculating.

2. (Ent.) Embracing, adhering.

Osculate, v. a.

1. Kiss.

2. (Geom.) Touch.

Osier, n.

1. Willow, water-willow.

2. Wicker, withe, willow twig.

Osseous, a. Bony.

Ossuary, n. Charnel-house.

Ostensible, a.

1. Shown, declared, avowed, assigned, manifest, apparent, exhibited, presented, visible.

2. Specious, plausible, colorable, pretended, professed.

Ostentation, n.

1. Display, show, parade, pomp, flourish, dash, pomposity, pompousness, pageantry, high pretension, vaunting.

2. Semblance, appearance, show.

Ostentatious, a.

1. Boastful, vain, showy, dashing, flaunting, pompous, vain-glorious, fond of display, pretentious.

2. Showy, gaudy.

Ostentatiously, ad. Showily, pompously, boastfully, with a flourish of trumpets, with beat of drum.

Ostler, n. See Hostler.