foppery, equipage.
     ceremony, ceremonial; ritual; form, formality; etiquette; puncto[Lat],
punctilio, punctiliousness; starched stateliness, stateliness.
     mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor.
     attitudinarian[obs3]; fop &c. 854. 
     V. be ostentatious &c. adj.; come forward, put oneself forward;
attract attention, star it.
     cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a dash,
cut a splash, cut a splurge; figure, figure away; make a show, make a display; glitter.
     show off, show off one’s paces; parade, march past; display, exhibit,
put forward, hold up; trot out, hand out; sport, brandish, blazon forth; dangle, dangle before the eyes.
     cry up &c. (praise) 931; proner[Fr], flaunt, emblazon, prink[obs3],
set off, mount, have framed and glazed.
     put a good face upon, put a smiling face upon; clean the outside of
the platter &c. (disguise) 544. 
     Adj. ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious; janty[obs3], jaunty;
grand, pompous, palatial; high-sounding; turgid &c. (big-sounding) 577; gairish[obs3], garish; gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip; flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering; gay &c. (ornate) 847.
     splendid, magnificent, sumptuous.
     theatrical, dramatic, spectacular; ceremonial, ritual.
     solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious,
starched.
     dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en
granite tenue[Fr], in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch, chic. 
     Adv. with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors.
     ad captandum vulgus[Lat.]. 
     Phr. honores mutant mores[Lat].

     #883.  Celebration. —­ N. celebration, solemnization, jubilee,
commemoration, ovation, paean, triumph, jubilation, ceremony (rite) 998; holiday, fiesta, zarabanda[obs3], revelry, feast (amusement) 840; china anniversary, diamond anniversary, golden anniversary, silver anniversary, tin anniversary, china jubilee, diamond jubilee, golden jubilee, silver jubilee, tin jubilee, china wedding, diamond wedding, golden wedding, silver wedding, tin wedding.
     triumphal arch, bonfire, salute; salvo, salvo of artillery; feu de
joie[Fr], flourish of trumpets, fanfare, colors flying, illuminations.
     inauguration, installation, presentation; coronation; Lord Mayor’s
show; harvest-home, red-letter day; trophy &,:c. 733; Te Deum &c. (thanksgiving) 990[Lat]; fete &c. 882; holiday &c. 840; Forefathers’ Day [U.  S.]. 
     V. celebrate keep, signalize, do honor to, commemorate, solemnize,
hallow, mark with a red letter.
     pledge, drink to, toast, hob and nob[obs3].
     inaugurate, install, chair.
     rejoice &c. 838; kill the fatted calf, hold jubilee, roast an ox. 
     Adj. celebrating &c. v.; commemorative, celebrated, immortal. 
     Adv. in honor of, in commemoration of. 
     Int. hail! all hail! io paean, io triumphe[obs3]! “see the conquering
hero comes!”.