LekhoriLekhoriOf ostentation.
Intended to attract notice.
Over the course of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has drawn several “red lines” – with ostentatious references to Russia’s huge strategic nuclear arsenal – only to seemingly do nothing when these lines are crossed by Ukraine or its Western backers.
Of tawdry display; kitsch.
Originated 1590; from Latin ostentātus + -ious.
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