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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024or•nate /ɔrˈneɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - overly decorated, often showily so:an ornate hotel lobby.
- Rhetoricusing words or phrases that are too flowery:ornate writing.
or•nate•ly, adv. or•nate•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024or•nate (ôr nāt′),USA pronunciation adj. - elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- Rhetoricembellished with rhetoric;
florid or high-flown:an ornate style of writing.
- Latin ornātus well-equipped, adorned, origin, originally past participle of ornāre to equip; see -ate1
- late Middle English 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged showy, ostentatious; rich, lavish.
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