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adornment

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a⋅dorn⋅ment

  [uh-dawrn-muhnt]
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–noun
1. something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
2. ornamentation; embellishment: personal adornment.
Origin:
1470–80; adorn + -ment; r. late ME aournement < MF
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a·dorn·ment   (ə-dôrn'mənt)   
n.  

  1. The act of adorning.

  2. Something that beautifies or adorns; an ornament: "Japanese food is on the whole superb, one of the adornments of the culture" (James Fallows).

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