garniture
noun
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In Middle French, garniture meant "accessory." It is an alteration of the Old French noun garneture, which is derived from the verb garnir, which meant "to equip, trim, or decorate." In fact, an Anglo-French stem of garnir, garniss-, is the source of the English verb garnish, which in its senses of "to decorate" and "to embellish" shares a similar relationship to garniture that the verb furnish shares with furniture. Furnish comes from the Anglo-French furniss-, a stem of the verb furnir or fournir, which also gave rise to the Middle French fourniture, the source of the English furniture.
Synonyms
- adornment
- beautifier
- caparison
- decoration
- doodad
- embellisher
- embellishment
- frill
- garnish
- garnishment
- ornament
- ornamentation
- setoff
- trim
Example Sentences
oregonlive, 2 Dec. 2021 Word History
Middle English garnetture "border, trimming" (Early Modern English garniture "appurtenances"), borrowed from Anglo-French gerneiture, garniture "ornament, mount for a jewel" & Middle French garniture "accessory," going back to Old French garneture "accessory for a saddle," from garnir "to equip, trim, decorate" + -eture,-iture, going back to Latin -ītūra, from -īt-, participle ending of 4th conjugation verbs + -ūra -ure — more at garnish entry 1
1558, in the meaning defined at sense 1
garniture
noun
Synonyms & Similar Words
- decoration
- ornamentation
- ornament
- adornment
- garnish
- garnishment
- trim
- embellishment
- caparison
- frill
- beautifier
- finery
- embroidery
- filigree
- embellisher
- doodad
- blazonry
- setoff
- glitter
- furnishings
- gilt
- furbelow
- frippery
- frosting
- apparel
- flounce
- embossment
- fancywork
- appliqué
- froufrou
- ruffle
- flourish
- bric-a-brac
- design
- emblazonry
- enhancement
- enrichment
- trappings
- chichi
- improvement
- foofaraw
- pattern
- regalia
- bells and whistles
- fal-lal
- bedizenment
- figure
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- blemish
- disfigurement
- scar
- stain
- blot
- defacement
- spot