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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 Middle English < Latin ornātus well-equipped, adorned, orig. past participle of ornāre to equip; see -ate1
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ornātus well-equipped, adorned, orig. past participle of ornāre to equip; see -ate1
Related forms
or·nate·ly, adverb
or·nate·ness, noun
un·or·nate, adjective
un·or·nate·ly, adverb
un·or·nate·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. showy, ostentatious; rich, lavish.
1. showy, ostentatious; rich, lavish.
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Word Origin & History
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.
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