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ornate |
Grep of noun ornate ornateness Overview of adj ornate The adj ornate has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) embellished, ornamented, ornate -- (rich in decorative detail) 2. flowery, ornate -- (marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton) Antonyms of adj ornate 2 senses of ornate Sense 1 embellished, ornamented, ornate INDIRECT (VIA adorned) -> unadorned, undecorated Sense 2 flowery, ornate INDIRECT (VIA rhetorical) -> unrhetorical Similarity of adj ornate 2 senses of ornate Sense 1 embellished, ornamented, ornate => adorned (vs. unadorned), decorated Sense 2 flowery, ornate => rhetorical (vs. unrhetorical) Attributes of adj ornate Familiarity of adj ornate ornate used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj ornate bicornate ornate Overview of adj ornate The adj ornate has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) embellished, ornamented, ornate -- (rich in decorative detail) 2. flowery, ornate -- (marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton)
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