ornamented

[ awr-nuh-men-tid, -muhn- ]
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adjectiveTypography.
  1. (of a character) highly embellished or ornate; altered by embellishment.

Origin of ornamented

1
First recorded in 1730–40; ornament + -ed2

Other words from ornamented

  • un·or·na·ment·ed, adjective

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How to use ornamented in a sentence

  • Her attendant wore a similar costume of cheaper material, an unornamented turban and black slippers.

  • Passing round the corner of the emperors palace, one is admitted at a plain unornamented door in a corner.

  • It was a tall narrow building, wholly unornamented, the walls covered with a layer of white plaster cracked and soiled by time.

    A Laodicean | Thomas Hardy
  • A plain, unornamented sword, such as the army is supplied with.

  • Some pueblos contain more than one; unless rites are in progress, it is a bare, rude room usually unornamented.