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ornament

[ noun awr-nuh-muhnt; verb awr-nuh-ment, -muhnt ]

noun

  1. an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:

    architectural ornaments.

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  2. a system, category, or style of such objects or features; ornamentation:

    a book on Gothic ornament.

  3. any adornment or means of adornment.

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  4. a person or thing that adds to the credit or glory of a society, era, etc.
  5. the act of adorning.

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  6. the state of being adorned.
  7. mere outward display:

    a speech more of ornament than of ideas.

  8. Chiefly Ecclesiastical. any accessory, adjunct, or equipment.
  9. Music. a tone or group of tones applied as decoration to a principal melodic tone.


verb (used with object)

  1. to furnish with ornaments; embellish:

    to ornament a musical composition.

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  2. to be an ornament to:

    Several famous scientists were acquired to ornament the university.

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ornament

noun

  1. anything that enhances the appearance of a person or thing
  2. decorations collectively

    she was totally without ornament

  3. a small decorative object
  4. something regarded as a source of pride or beauty
  5. music any of several decorations, such as the trill, mordent, etc, occurring chiefly as improvised embellishments in baroque music
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to decorate with or as if with ornaments
  2. to serve as an ornament to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌǰԲˈٲپDz, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ǰn·Գe noun
  • v·ǰn·Գ verb (used with object)
  • ·ǰn·Գ verb (used with object)
  • p·ǰn·Գ noun
  • p·ǰn·Գ verb (used with object)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ornament1

1175–1225; < Latin ǰ峾Գٳܳ equipment, ornament, equivalent to ǰ ( re ) to equip + -mentum -ment; replacing Middle English ornement < Old French < Latin, as above
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ornament1

C14: from Latin ǰ峾Գٳܳ, from ǰre to adorn
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Example Sentences

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On his coffee table sits a gleaming metallic hood ornament, a winged pointed figure that looks like a mock spaceship that Gurr hoped would grace a new Lincoln.

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Disturbingly, two books were covered in his skin and part of the man's scalp, with ear included, was kept as a gruesome ornament.

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It’s a slimmed-down Happiest Place on Earth, with Disney ornaments and stickers interspersed among shapes, colors and numbers.

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As one of the few people allowed into the Palisades in the first days after the fire, she regularly came across garden ornaments or knickknacks that survived the flames.

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She lost hundreds of ornaments, and fire swept through a couple dozen miniature Christmas villages that were boxed up for the next holiday season.

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