ornate.
Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
Meaning & usage
Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
Flashy, flowery or showy.
Finely finished, as a style of composition.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin ōrnātus, perfect passive participle of ōrnō (“to equip, adorn”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of orné.
To adorn or honour (someone or something).
Where this word comes from
From Latin ōrnātus, perfect passive participle of ōrnō (“to equip, adorn”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French orner.
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