exornation

English

Etymology

From Latin exornatio, from exornare. See ornate.

Noun

exornation (plural exornations)

1. (obsolete) ornament; decoration; embellishment (physically, or relating to prose)
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:

     Hyperbolical exornations […] many much affect.

References

• “exornation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.