Ornate

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪt

Origin

From Latin ornatus, past participle of ornare ("to equip, adorn").

Full definition of ornate

Adjective

1. Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
• 1907, w, The Younger Set Chapter 5, The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ; … As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
2. Flashy, flowery or showy
3. Finely finished, as a style of composition.
• Miltona graceful and ornate rhetoric

Related terms

• ornament

Verb

1. (obsolete) To adorn; to honour.They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. — Latimer.

Anagrams

• atoner, rotane