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Definition of Splashiness
1. Noun. Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
Generic synonyms: Inelegance
Derivative terms: Ostentatious, Ostentatious, Pompous, Pompous, Pretentious, Pretentious, Ostentatious
Definition of Splashiness
1. Noun. The property of being splashy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Splashiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Splashiness
Literary usage of Splashiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call by Larry H. Ludmer (2007)
"The remaining Vista ships, including Noordam, still have a much greater splashiness
and life than other HAL vessels and that is not bad. ..."
2. Schools and Masters of Painting: With an Appendix on the Principal Galleries by Alida Graveraet Radcliffe (1887)
"... all his other figures, it is marked by a rude splashiness of execution, and
by undertones of red which have struck through the overlying flesh-tints. ..."
3. Cruising the Mexican Riviera and Baja: A Guide to the Ships & the Ports of Call by Larry Ludmer (2005)
"Their new and fabulous Vista- class vessels have some of the splashiness and
eyecatching glitz that is so popular elsewhere. However, even these ships do it ..."
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