...an ornate iron staircase.
...the big dining-room with its massive fireplace and ornate ceiling.
...the ornately carved doors.
English dictionary. 2008.
ornate — ornate, rococo, baroque, flamboyant, florid can all mean elaborately and often pretentiously decorated or designed. Ornate is applicable to anything heavily adorned or ornamented or conspicuously embellished {an ornate style of architecture} {the … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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. [1913 Webster] 2. Finely finished, as a style of composition. [1913 Webster] A graceful and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ornate — Or*nate , v. t. To adorn; to honor. [R.] [1913 Webster] They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. Latimer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ornate — index elaborate, grandiose, meretricious, pretentious (ostentatious) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ornate — ORNÁTE s. pl. v. odăjdii, veşminte. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime … Dicționar Român
ornate — (adj.) early 15c., from L. ornatus adorned, pp. of ornare adorn, fit out, from stem of ordo order (see ORDER (Cf. order)). Earliest reference is to literary style. Related: Ornately … Etymology dictionary
ornate — [adj] fancily decorated adorned, aureate, baroque, beautiful, bedecked, bright, brilliant, busy, colored, convoluted, dazzling, elaborate, elegant, embroidered, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, florid, flowery, fussy, gaudy, gilded,… … New thesaurus
ornate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ elaborately or highly decorated. DERIVATIVES ornately adverb ornateness noun. ORIGIN from Latin ornare adorn … English terms dictionary
ornate — [ôr nāt′] adj. [ME < L ornatus, pp. of ornare: see ORNAMENT] 1. heavily ornamented or adorned, often to excess 2. showy or flowery, as some literary styles ornately adv. ornateness n … English World dictionary
ornate — ornately, adv. ornateness, n. /awr nayt /, adj. 1. elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa. 2. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high flown: an ornate style of writing. [1375… … Universalium
