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- Dictionaryornate/ɔːˈneɪt/
adjective
- 1. elaborately or highly decorated: "an ornate wrought-iron railing" Similar
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The meaning of ORNATE is marked by elaborate rhetoric or florid style. How to use ornate in a sentence.
ORNATE definition: 1. having a lot of complicated decoration: 2. Language that is ornate contains too many…. Learn more.
Synonyms for ORNATE: baroque, decorated, extravagant, adorned, ornamented, gilded, florid, loud; Antonyms of ORNATE: plain, unadorned, austere, severe, stark, naked, bare, simple.
If something is ornate — whether it's a ball gown, a set of dishes, or a poem — it seems to be covered in ornaments. It's lavish, flowery, or heavily adorned. Look at the first four letters of ornate, and you'll spot the beginning of its close relative ornament.
Ornate definition: elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so. See examples of ORNATE used in a sentence.
An ornate building, piece of furniture, or object is decorated with complicated patterns or shapes. ...an ornate iron staircase. ...the big dining-room with its massive fireplace and ornate ceiling.
Definition of ornate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented. 2. Elaborate or showy, as in style: ornate rhetoric. [Middle English, from Latin ōrnātus, past participle of ōrnāre, to embellish; see ar- in Indo-European roots .] or·nate′ly adv. or·nate′ness n.
Heavily ornamented or adorned, often, excessively so. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Showy or flowery. An ornate writing style. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: flowery.
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