释义 |
ornation rare.|ɔːˈneɪʃən| [ad. L. ornātiōn-em, n. of action from orn-āre to adorn.] The action of adorning; the condition of being adorned; adornment, ornament, † equipment; ornamentation.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 37/1 Thus in sixe dayes was heven and erthe made and alle the ornation of them. 1675tr. Machiavelli's Prince Ded. (1883) 10 Nor have I beautified..it with rhetorical ornations. 1879[Lingham] Sci. Taste i. 6 The extravagant floridity of Genoese ornation. |