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Webster 1913 Edition


ornament

or′na-ment

,
Noun.
[OE.
ornement
, F.
ornement
, fr. L.
ornamentum
, fr.
ornare
to adorn.]
That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.
The
ornament
of a meek and quiet spirit.
1 Pet. iii. 4.
Like that long-buried body of the king
Found lying with his urns and
ornaments
.
Tennyson.

or′na-ment

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ornamented
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ornamenting
.]
To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify;
as, to
ornament
a room, or a city
.
Syn. – See
Adorn
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ornament

OR'NAMENT

,
Noun.
[L. ornamentum, from orno, to adorn. Varro informs us that this was primitively osnamentum; but this is improbable. See Adorn.]
1.
That which embellishes; something which, added to another thing, renders it more beautiful to the eye.
The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets and the ornaments of the legs - Is. 3.
2.
In architecture, ornaments are sculpture or carved work.
3.
Embellishment; decoration; additional beauty.
- The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price. 1Peter 3.

OR'NAMENT

,
Verb.
T.
To adorn; to deck; to embellish.

Definition 2024


Ornament

Ornament

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Luxembourgish

Noun

Ornament n (plural Ornamenter)

  1. ornament

ornament

ornament

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English

Noun

ornament (plural ornaments)

  1. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
    • Tennyson
      Like that long-buried body of the king / Found lying with his urns and ornaments.
    • 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves
      I'm a bit short on brain myself; the old bean would appear to have been constructed more for ornament than for use.
    • 2012 March 1, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 106:
      Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
    1. A Christmas tree decoration.
  2. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate or "ornament" that line.

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Verb

ornament (third-person singular simple present ornaments, present participle ornamenting, simple past and past participle ornamented)

  1. To decorate.
    We will ornament the windows with trim to make the room seem brighter.
  2. To add to.
    The editor ornamented his plain writing, making it fancier but less clear.

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Catalan

Noun

ornament m (plural ornaments)

  1. ornament