ornateness

or·nate  (ôr-nt)

adj.

1. Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented.

2. Flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner; flowery.

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[Middle English, from Latin rntus, past participle of rnre, to embellish; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

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or·nately adv.

or·nateness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ornateness - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, rhetoric flourish - a display of ornamental speech or language expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian, rant - pompous or pretentious talk or writing
	2.	ornateness - an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated elaborateness appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing flamboyance, floridity, floridness, showiness - extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great flamboyance" fussiness - unnecessary elaborateness in details

Translations

ornateness [ɔːˈneɪtnɪs] N [of decor, ceiling, building, vase] → lo ornamentado; [of language] → lo florido, estilo m florido, recargamiento m (pej)

ornateness

n → Verzierungsreichtum m; (of baroque church, palace etc) → Prunk m, → Prachtentfaltung f; (of music) → ornamentaler Reichtum; (of style) → Reichtum m; (of description) → Wortreichtum m, → Umständlichkeit f (pej); (of decoration) → Reichtum m, → Aufwendigkeit f, → Aufwändigkeit f