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[syn: flowery, ornate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ornate \Or*nate"\, a. [L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn.]
1. Elaborately adorned or decorated; beautifully sumptuous.
"So bedecked, ornate, and gay." --Milton.
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2. Finely finished, as a style of composition.
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A graceful and ornate rhetoric. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ornate \Or*nate"\, v. t.
To adorn; to honor. [R.]
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They may ornate and sanctify the name of God.
--Latimer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ornate
adj 1: marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with
decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric
taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton [syn:
flowery, ornate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "ornate":
adorned, arabesque, aureate, baroque, befrilled, busy, chichi,
colored, decorated, elaborate, elegant, embellished, embroidered,
fancy, festooned, figurative, figured, fine, flamboyant, florid,
flowery, frilly, fussy, gilded, high-wrought, labored, luscious,
lush, luxuriant, luxurious, moresque, opulent, ostentatious,
overcharged, overdone, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored,
overloaded, overworked, overwrought, picturesque, pretty-pretty,
purple, resplendent, rich, rococo, sumptuous