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[ awr-neyt ] / ɔrˈneɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ornate ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveelaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown: an ornate style of writing. Origin of ornate1375–1425; late Middle English <Latin ornātus well-equipped, adorned, originally past participle of ornāre to equip; see -ate1 SYNONYMS FOR ornate1 showy, ostentatious; rich, lavish. SEE SYNONYMS FOR ornate ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM ornateor·nate·ly, adverbor·nate·ness, nounun·or·nate, adjectiveun·or·nate·ly, adverb un·or·nate·ness, noun Words nearby ornateornament, ornamental, ornamentalism, ornamentation, ornamented, ornate, Orne, ornery, ornis, ornith-, ornithic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ornateThe tomb, though much smaller than the palace, is similarly a vision of ornate twists, arches, and peaks. The Postman Who Built a Palace in France…by Hand|Nina Strochlic|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Entering the theater brings visitors to an ornate lobby with vaulted ceilings, golden walls, and an enormous chandelier. How to Save Silent Movies: Inside New Jersey’s Cinema Paradiso|Rich Goldstein|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 1997, Whit Stillman re-created Studio 54 in its ornate lobby for his film The Last Days of Disco. How to Save Silent Movies: Inside New Jersey’s Cinema Paradiso|Rich Goldstein|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Their services have been held in small chapels, ornate synagogues, simple firehouses, and grand cathedrals. The Resilient City: New York After 9/11|John Avlon|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Stairways painted blue connect covered walkways stuffed with small stores selling jewelry, scarves, and ornate pottery. Morocco's Secret All-Blue City|Nina Strochlic|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Larger images may be viewed by clicking on any picture except the ornate letters. At the Sign of the Barber's Pole|William Andrews Another prominent element in Enoch Arden is yet more suitable to, yet more requires the aid of, ornate art. English Critical Essays|Various There is in the unadorned picture of any incident in the past a sort of hallowed character that no ornate frame can improve. T. De Witt Talmage|T. De Witt Talmage The third floor front room of his ornate mansion on Brooklyn's Park Slope was dedicated to peaceful thought. Average Jones|Samuel Hopkins Adams They faced one another across the table piled with ornate silver. The Wild Olive|Basil King
British Dictionary definitions for ornate
adjectiveheavily or elaborately decorated (of style in writing) overembellished; flowery Derived forms of ornateornately, adverbornateness, nounWord Origin for ornateC15: from Latin ornāre to decorate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ornatebeautiful, gilded, glamorous, lavish, sumptuous, sparkling, magnificent, opulent, elegant, fancy, baroque, rococo, gaudy, embroidered, aureate, bright, brilliant, busy, colored, convoluted |