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   ornate

   /ɔːˈneɪt/

   adjective

   • 1. elaborately or highly decorated: "an ornate wrought-iron railing" Similar elaboratedecoratedembellishedadornedornamentedfancyover-elaboratefussybusyostentatiousshowybaroquerococofloridwedding-cakegingerbreadinformal:flashflashy
   • ▪ (of literary style) using unusual words and complex constructions: "peculiarly ornate and metaphorical language" Similar elaborateover-elaboratefloweryfloridflamboyantgrandiosepompouspretentiousaffectedhigh-flownhigh-soundingorotundfulsomemagniloquentgrandiloquentrhetoricaloratoricalbombasticlabouredstrainedoverwroughtoverblownoverripeoverdoneconvolutedstiltedturgidinflatedinformal:highfalutinpurplerare:tumidpleonasticeuphuisticaureateOssianicfustianhyperventilatedOpposite plainausteresimple
   • ▪ (of musical composition or performance) using many ornaments such as grace notes and trills.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin ornatus ‘adorned’, past participle of ornare.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ornately adverb
   • 2. ornateness noun

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