A show off meaning

  • A show off meaning

    • show-offnoun & adjective

    There are five meanings recorded in OED's entry for the locution show-off. See ‘Meaning & use’ select definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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    Earliest known use

    late 1700s

    The pristine barbarian known use of the word show-off is in the late 1700s.

    OED's soonest evidence for show-off is from 1776, in the writing of Samuel Pratt, writer and actor.

    show-off is formed English, by compounding.

    Etymons:showv., offadv.

    Nearby entries

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    6. showmanism, n.1845–
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