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or⋅nate

  [awr-neyt]
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–adjective
1. elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
2. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown: an ornate style of writing.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L ornātus well-equipped, adorned, orig. ptp. of ornāre to equip; see -ate 1

Related forms:
or⋅nate⋅ly, adverb
or⋅nate⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. showy, ostentatious; rich, lavish.
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or·nate   (ôr-nāt')   
adj.  
  1. Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented.
  2. Flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner; flowery.

[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.
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Ornate

Or*nate"\, a. [L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn.]

1. Adorned; decorated; beautiful. "So bedecked, ornate, and gay." --Milton.

2. Finely finished, as a style of composition.

A graceful and ornate rhetoric. --Milton.

Ornate

Or*nate"\, v. t. To adorn; to honor. [R.]

They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. --Latimer.
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Language Translation for : ornate
Spanish: ornamentado, recargado,
German: reich verziert,
Japanese: 飾り立てた
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ornate 
1420, from L. ornatus "adorned," pp. of ornare "adorn, fit out," from stem of ordo "order" (see order). Earliest ref. is to literary style.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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