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ornate

[ awr-neyt ]

adjective

  1. elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:

    They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown:

    an ornate style of writing.



ornate

/ ɔːˈԱɪ /

adjective

  1. heavily or elaborately decorated
  2. (of style in writing) overembellished; flowery
“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

  • ǰˈԲٱ, adverb
  • ǰˈԲٱԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ǰ·Բٱl adverb
  • ǰ·Բٱn noun
  • ܲo·Բٱ adjective
  • unǰ·Բٱl adverb
  • unǰ·Բٱn noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ornate1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ǰٳܲ well-equipped, adorned, originally past participle of ǰ to equip; -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ornate1

C15: from Latin ǰ to decorate
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Cardinals wear similar clothes, but they can be distinguished by their more ornate damask pattern mitres, which look cream rather than white.

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Our ceremonies, meanwhile, were held in ornate buildings featuring marble and spires and headed up by men in robes, not a youth pastor with frosted tips and cargo shorts.

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It spans multiple interconnected rooms, including an ornate, columned dance space based in part on a rehearsal room in the real-life Palais Garnier, home to Paris Opera Ballet.

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My theory is that adult readers who used to choose YA are now gravitating toward romantasy, for many of the same reasons: They crave strong emotions and intense relationships, in an ornate world.

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It almost surely stems from his knowledge that the rich were very rich and built lavish, ornate mansions, which is what defines prosperity to him, as Beutler notes:

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