unornamentedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɔːnəmɛntᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈɔrnəˌmɛn(t)əd/ Not ornamented; without decoration, unadorned, plain.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated > not
untiffed?c1225
plainc1330
ungarnishedc1400
undecked1570
dudgeon?1589
stark naked?1594
unbepranked1594
unembellished1630
unadorned1637
unbecomed1646
unfringed1646
unplumed1646
unembroidered1649
unornamented1688
undecorateda1763
naked1850
unveneered1886
no-frill1933
no-frills1948
1688 J. Collier Office of Chaplain 37 'Tis more reputable..to prefer a homely, unornamented Liberty, to a splendid Servitude.
1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xiv. 273 Nature, in her plain Dress, and unornamented.
1798 Brit. Critic 11 31 A plain unornamented folio costs from fifteen to twenty pounds, if well written.
1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus III. iii. 82 The whole armour was one of those plain and unornamented suits much used in the first fervour of the crusades.
1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. ix. 532 So in the pulpit they affect the most unornamented simplicity.
1931 B. Marshall Father Malachy's Miracle vii. 209 The bishop..standing gaunt and gawky and looking, in his unornamented alb, like the farmer of farce in the nightgown of farce.
1968 J. D. Watson Double Helix x. 68 She spoke to an audience of about fifteen in a quick, nervous style that suited the unornamented old lecture hall.
2003 A. Proulx Close Range (new ed.) 163 An unornamented pair of saddle bronc rider's spurs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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