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or⋅na⋅ment

  [n. awr-nuh-muhnt; v. awr-nuh-ment, -muhnt]
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–noun
1. an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments.
2. a system, category, or style of such objects or features; ornamentation: a book on Gothic ornament.
3. any adornment or means of adornment.
4. a person or thing that adds to the credit or glory of a society, era, etc.
5. the act of adorning.
6. the state of being adorned.
7. mere outward display: a speech more of ornament than of ideas.
8. Chiefly Ecclesiastical. any accessory, adjunct, or equipment.
9. Music. a tone or group of tones applied as decoration to a principal melodic tone.
–verb (used with object)
10. to furnish with ornaments; embellish: to ornament a musical composition.
11. to be an ornament to: Several famous scientists were acquired to ornament the university.
Origin:
1175–1225; < L ornāmentum equipment, ornament, equiv. to ornā(re) to equip + -mentum -ment; r. ME ornement < OF < L, as above

Related forms:
or⋅na⋅ment⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. embellishment. 3, 5. decoration. 10, 11. decorate, adorn, grace.
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or·na·ment   (ôr'nə-mənt)   
n.  
  1. Something that decorates or adorns; an embellishment.
  2. A person considered as a source of pride, honor, or credit: a singer who is an ornament to the world of opera.
  3. Music A note or group of notes that embellishes a melody.
tr.v.   (-měnt') or·na·ment·ed, or·na·ment·ing, or·na·ments
  1. To furnish with ornaments: ornamented the windows with hanging plants.
  2. To be an ornament to: "The babies ornament her ankles, dangle from her pant legs" (Carolyn Chute).

[Middle English ournement, from Old French ornement, from Latin ōrnāmentum, from ōrnāre, to adorn; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]
or'na·ment'er n.
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Ornament

Or"na*ment\, n. [OE. ornement, F. ornement, fr. L. ornamentum, fr. ornare to adorn.] That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. --1 Pet. iii. 4.

Like that long-buried body of the king Found lying with his urns and ornaments. --Tennyson.

Ornament

Or"na*ment\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ornamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Ornamenting.] To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city.

Syn: See Adorn.
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Language Translation for : ornament
Spanish: ornamento, adorno,
German: das Ornament,
Japanese: 装飾
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ornament  (n.)
c.1225, "an accessory," from O.Fr. ornement, from L. ornamentum "equipment, trappings, embellishment," from ornare "equip, adorn" (see ornate). Meaning "decoration, embellishment" is attested from 1388. The verb is first recorded 1720, from the noun. Ornamental is 1646, partly formed in Eng., partly from L. ornamentalis, from ornamentum.
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ornament

in architecture, any element added to an otherwise merely structural form, usually for purposes of decoration or embellishment. Three basic and fairly distinct categories of ornament in architecture may be recognized: mimetic, or imitative, ornament, the forms of which have certain definite meanings or symbolic significance; applied ornament, intended to add beauty to a structure but extrinsic to it; and organic ornament, inherent in the building's function or materials

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