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ornate
[ awr-neyt ]
adjective
- elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
Synonyms: , , ,
- embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown:
an ornate style of writing.
ornate
/ ɔːˈԱɪ /
adjective
- heavily or elaborately decorated
- (of style in writing) overembellished; flowery
Derived Forms
- ǰˈԲٱ, adverb
- ǰˈԲٱԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ǰ·Բٱl adverb
- ǰ·Բٱn noun
- ܲo·Բٱ adjective
- unǰ·Բٱl adverb
- unǰ·Բٱn noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ornate1
Example Sentences
Cardinals wear similar clothes, but they can be distinguished by their more ornate damask pattern mitres, which look cream rather than white.
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.
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.
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.
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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