adorno

[ uh-dawr-noh ]

noun,plural a·dor·nos.Ceramics.
  1. relief ornament applied to a piece.

Origin of adorno

1
<Spanish, noun derivative of adornar<Latin adōrnāre to adorn

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Adorno

/ (German aˈdɔrno) /


noun
  1. Theodor Wiesengrund. 1903–69, German philosopher, sociologist, and music critic. His writings include The Philosophy of the New Music (1949) and Negative Dialectics (1966)

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