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or·nate
(ôr-nāt′)adj.
1. Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented.
2. Elaborate or showy, as in style: ornate rhetoric.
[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
(ɔːˈneɪt)adj
1. heavily or elaborately decorated
2. (of style in writing) overembellished; flowery
[C15: from Latin ornāre to decorate]
orˈnately adv
orˈnateness n
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or•nate
(ɔrˈneɪt)adj.
1. elaborately adorned, often excessively or showily so.
2. rhetorically florid: ornate writing.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ornātus well-equipped]
or•nate′ly, adv.
or•nate′ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | ornate - marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" |
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ornate
adjective elaborate, fancy, decorated, detailed, beautiful, complex, busy, complicated, elegant, extravagant, baroque, ornamented, fussy, flowery, showy, ostentatious, rococo, florid, bedecked, overelaborate, high-wrought, aureate an ornate gilded staircase
simple, basic, ordinary, severe, plain, bare, stark, subdued, austere, spartan, unadorned, unfussy
simple, basic, ordinary, severe, plain, bare, stark, subdued, austere, spartan, unadorned, unfussy
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ornate
adjectiveElaborately and heavily ornamented:
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Translations
مُنَمَّق، كثير الزُّخْرُفَه
íburîarmikill
įmantrumaspuošniaipuošnumaspuošnus
bagātīgi rotāts, krāšņs
vyzdobený
süslü püslü
ornate
[ɔːˈneɪt] ADJ [decor] → ornamentado; [building, ceiling, vase, architectural style] → ornamentado, ricamente decorado; [written style, language] → florido, recargado (pej)the room is too ornate for my taste → la habitación está demasiado recargada para mi gusto
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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ornate
adj → kunstvoll; (of larger objects) → prunkvoll; decoration → aufwendig, aufwändig; music → ornamentreich; description → reich ausgeschmückt, umständlich (pej); language, style → umständlich (pej), → überladen (pej), → reich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
ornate
[ɔːˈneɪt] adj (decor) → ricco/a; (style in writing) → ornato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ornate
(oːˈneit) adjective with a lot of ornament. an ornate doorway.
orˈnately adverborˈnateness noun
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