ornate
11ornate — 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… …
12ornate — or|nate [ ɔr neıt ] adjective 1. ) decorated with complicated patterns or shapes: the ornate palace gates 2. ) using unusual words and complicated sentences: a somewhat ornate prose style ╾ or|nate|ly adverb …
13ornate — Elaborately, even excessively ornamental; showy. In typography, highly ornamental characters, usually letters. In the Middle Ages, such letters were used as decorative initial letters on pages of manuscripts and books. Today ornate letters are …
14ornate — adjective 1) an ornate mirror Syn: elaborate, decorated, embellished, adorned, ornamented, fancy, fussy, ostentatious, showy; informal flash, flashy Ant: unadorned 2) ornate language …
15ornate — UK [ɔː(r)ˈneɪt] / US [ɔrˈneɪt] adjective 1) decorated with complicated patterns or shapes the ornate palace gates 2) using unusual words and complicated sentences a rather ornate prose style Derived word: ornately adverb …
16ornate — adjective Etymology: Middle English ornat, from Latin ornatus, past participle of ornare to furnish, embellish; akin to Latin ordo order more at order Date: 15th century 1. marked by elaborate rhetoric or florid style 2. elaborately or… …
17ornate — See ornate, ornamental …
18ornate — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ highly, richly Ornate …
19ornate — or|nate [o:ˈneıt US o:r ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of ornare to decorate ] covered with a lot of decoration ▪ an ornate gold mirror >ornately adv ▪ an ornately carved chair …
20ornate — adjective a lot of decoration, or too much decoration, especially with many complicated details: a heavy ornate gold cigarette case ornately adverb ornateness noun (U) …
