ornate
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ornatus, past participle of ornare (“to equip, adorn”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪt
Adjective
ornate (comparative more ornate, superlative most ornate)
- Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
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- The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ; […]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
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- Flashy, flowery or showy
- Finely finished, as a style of composition.
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- a graceful and ornate rhetoric
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Related terms
Translations
elaborately ornamented, often to excess
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flashy, flowery or showy
Verb
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- (obsolete) To adorn; to honour.
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- They may ornate and sanctify the name of God.
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Further reading
- “ornate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ornate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
ornate
- second-person plural present indicative of ornare
- second-person plural imperative of ornare
- feminine plural of ornato
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) ōrnāte
References
- “ornate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ornate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ornate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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