About The Word Ornate
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Ornate
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What's The Definition Of Ornate?
[adj] rich in decorative detail
[adj] marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton Synonyms | Synonyms for Ornate: adorned | decorated | embellished | flowery | ornamented | rhetorical Related Terms | Find terms related to Ornate: adorned | arabesque | aureate | baroque | befrilled | busy | chichi | colored | decorated | elaborate | elegant | embellished | embroidered | fancy | festooned | figurative | figured | fine | flamboyant | florid | flowery | frilly | fussy | gilded | high-wrought | labored | luscious | lush | luxuriant | luxurious | moresque | opulent | ostentatious | overcharged | overdone | overelaborate | overelegant | overlabored | overloaded | overworked | overwrought | picturesque | pretty-pretty | purple | resplendent | rich | rococo | sumptuous See Also | Ornate In Webster's Dictionary \Or*nate"\, a. [L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn.]
1. Adorned; decorated; beautiful. ``So bedecked, ornate, and
gay.'' --Milton.
2. Finely finished, as a style of composition.
A graceful and ornate rhetoric. --Milton.
\Or*nate"\, v. t. To adorn; to honor. [R.] They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. --Latimer. |
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