ornate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

adjective marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; ; -John Milton

Learned borrowing from Latin ōrnātus, perfect passive participle of ōrnō (“to equip, adorn”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of orné.

But further in--ornate buildings several stories high. — Tarrano the Conqueror, Ray Cummings
Their tastes were elegant, ornate, and refined. — Western Characters; or, Types of Border Life in the Western States, John Ludlum McConnel
What’s the matter with it?” “Too ornate, sir.” “Nonsense! — My man Jeeves, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

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