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Synonyms for ornate


Grammar : Adj
Spell : awr-neyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɔrˈneɪt

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Définition of ornate

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin ornatus "fitted out, furnished, supplied; adorned, decorated, embellished," past participle of ornare "adorn, fit out," from stem of ordo "order" (see order (n.)). Earliest reference is to literary style. Related: Ornately; ornateness.
  • adj fancily decorated
Example sentences :
  • The mass was an ornate one, though not more so than they were accustomed to at Beaulieu.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • During the remaining years of the century the foot was worked into ornate lobes.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • His eyes and tongue were caught away by the ornate structure of the opera-house.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • Its crenellations and turrets are military and forceful, not ornate.
  • Extract from : « Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 » by Elise Whitlock Rose
  • Yes, it is very handsome, no doubt, but too ornate and pie-crusty for my—taste.
  • Extract from : « Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman » by Emma Speed Sampson
  • Then they were in front of an ornate door, with their weapons ready.
  • Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
  • Then the mistress entered a more capacious and ornate apartment.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • And although the luncheon came in courses it was not ornate.
  • Extract from : « The Girls at Mount Morris » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • They were dressed in the ornate court dress of the Western Empire, he saw.
  • Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole
  • Turning the handle of the door, he walked into the large, ornate apartment.
  • Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace

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