单词 | inornate |
释义 | inornateadj. Not ornate; unadorned, plain, simple. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] nakedOE simplea1382 meanc1450 rural1488 misorned1512 inornate?1518 barec1540 broad1588 bald1589 kersey1598 russet1598 unvarnisheda1616 unembellished1630 illaborate1631 severe1665 renable1674 small1678 unadorned1692 inelaborate1747 unlarded1748 chaste1753 uncoloured1845 minimalist1929 spare1965 ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Aii To fyle nat with vyces, nor langage inornate. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 419 Unperfumed, inornate lays, not redolent of art. 1849 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. (1850) App. i. 709 Its inornate plications. 1895 G. Saintsbury Ess. Eng. Lit. 176 Which can transform words quite as simple and inornate into perfect poetry. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adverb] aefauldlyOE plainlyc1385 simply?c1400 nakedlya1535 simple1550 inornatelya1568 spruce?1605 dryly1635 chastely1815 unadornedly1820 inelaborately1846 in words of one syllable1922 a1568 ‘No woundir is’ 55 in Bannatyne Poems (1879) v. 675 My style, inornetly compond. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.?1518 |
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