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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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