2. Finely finished, as a style of composition.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
ornate — ornate, rococo, baroque, flamboyant, florid can all mean elaborately and often pretentiously decorated or designed. Ornate is applicable to anything heavily adorned or ornamented or conspicuously embellished {an ornate style of architecture} {the … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Ornate — Or*nate , v. t. To adorn; to honor. [R.] [1913 Webster] They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. Latimer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ornate — index elaborate, grandiose, meretricious, pretentious (ostentatious) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ornate — ORNÁTE s. pl. v. odăjdii, veşminte. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime … Dicționar Român
ornate — (adj.) early 15c., from L. ornatus adorned, pp. of ornare adorn, fit out, from stem of ordo order (see ORDER (Cf. order)). Earliest reference is to literary style. Related: Ornately … Etymology dictionary
ornate — [adj] fancily decorated adorned, aureate, baroque, beautiful, bedecked, bright, brilliant, busy, colored, convoluted, dazzling, elaborate, elegant, embroidered, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, florid, flowery, fussy, gaudy, gilded,… … New thesaurus
ornate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ elaborately or highly decorated. DERIVATIVES ornately adverb ornateness noun. ORIGIN from Latin ornare adorn … English terms dictionary
ornate — [ôr nāt′] adj. [ME < L ornatus, pp. of ornare: see ORNAMENT] 1. heavily ornamented or adorned, often to excess 2. showy or flowery, as some literary styles ornately adv. ornateness n … English World dictionary
ornate — [[t]ɔ(r)ne͟ɪt[/t]] ADJ GRADED An ornate building, piece of furniture, or object is decorated with complicated patterns or shapes. ...an ornate iron staircase. ...the big dining room with its massive fireplace and ornate ceiling. Syn: elaborate… … English dictionary
ornate — ornately, adv. ornateness, n. /awr nayt /, adj. 1. elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa. 2. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high flown: an ornate style of writing. [1375… … Universalium
