ornament
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English ornament, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum (“equipment, apparatus, furniture, trappings, adornment, embellishment”), from ornare (“to equip, adorn”).
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[edit] Noun
ornament (plural ornaments)
- An element of decoration.
- 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves
- ...I'm a bit short on brain myself; the old bean would appear to have been constructed more for ornament than for use
- 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves
- A Christmas tree decoration
- (music) A musical flourish that are unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serve to decorate or "ornament" that line.
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element of decoration
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Christmas tree decoration
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musical flourish
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[edit] Verb
ornament (third-person singular simple present ornaments, present participle ornamenting, simple past and past participle ornamented)
- To decorate.
- We will ornament the windows with trim to make the room seem brighter.
- To add to.
- The editor ornamented his plain writing, making it fancier but less clear.
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to decorate
to add to
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[edit] External links
- ornament in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ornament in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
