ornate
1ornate — 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 …
2Ornate — Or*nate , a. [L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn.] 1. Elaborately adorned or decorated; beautifully sumptuous. So bedecked, ornate, and gay. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Finely finished, as a style of composition. [1913 Webster] A graceful and… …
3Ornate — Or*nate , v. t. To adorn; to honor. [R.] [1913 Webster] They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. Latimer. [1913 Webster] …
4ornate — index elaborate, grandiose, meretricious, pretentious (ostentatious) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5ornate — ORNÁTE s. pl. v. odăjdii, veşminte. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime …
6ornate — (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 …
7ornate — [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,… …
8ornate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ elaborately or highly decorated. DERIVATIVES ornately adverb ornateness noun. ORIGIN from Latin ornare adorn …
9ornate — [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 …
10ornate — [[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… …
