ornament

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun something used to beautify
  2. verb make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
  3. verb be an ornament to

Etymology

From Middle English ornament, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum (“equipment, apparatus, furniture, trappings, adornment, embellishment”), from ornāre (“to equip, adorn”). The verb is derived from the noun.

In classic literature

Synonyms

decoration, ornamentation

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