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[], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- Having or characterized by excessive pride, vanity, or self-importance; haughty, arrogant; pompous.
- Characterized by ostentatious show of wealth, luxury, etc.; excessively or unnecessarily sumptuous, luxurious, or expensive.
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Origin
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late 16th century; earliest use found in Henry Barrow (c1550–1593), religious separatist. From post-classical Latin fastuosus proud, haughty, ostentatious from classical Latin fastus haughtiness, arrogance + -ōsus
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