adornedadj.

?1473 W. Caxton in tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 267^v He dyde do clothe her and Araye her the moste honourably that he myght And made her to sytte vp on a palefroye rychely arayed and aourned.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde Prol. sig. a4 Sette by declaracion in fair and Aourned volumes.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xxxvij^v The monarchial prince and adourned kyng.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. i. 79 She came adorned hither like sweete Maie. View more context for this quotation

1608 M. Fotherby Fovre Serm. 29 Euen bare reading..may be..as operative of all true Christian vertues, as their most adorned or impassioned sermons.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 151 Adornd She was indeed, and lovely. View more context for this quotation

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 135 Loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorn'd adorn'd the most.

1795 C. Este Journey through Flanders 87 The adorned cottages of many less great but as useful men.

1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man III. vii. 244 She played, without fault in time, or error in note, the hymn written to celebrate the creation of the adorned earth, soon to be her tomb.

1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree I. i. viii. 123 'I like a party very well,' said Mrs. Dewy, leaving off the adorned tones she had been bound to use throughout the evening.

1920 C. G. Shaw Short Talks on Psychol. xxviii. 56 An adorned mind like a frescoed wall is more likely to stand the strain of time.

2001 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 25 May 7 The rhythm weight and precision of virtually every sentence..proclaim DeLillo's consummate command of both vernacular and adorned styles.