adorn
verb (used with object)
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments.
adorner
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a word derived from
adorn.
Example Sentences
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He was a mighty builder and splendid adorner of cities; all that remained unsystematized in the Augustan system, he reduced to perfect system and order.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
But it is the latter branch of his art which principally concerns us now, the art of a maker and adorner of stories.
From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung by Winifred Turner
But the illustrious adorner of female loveliness had already resumed his reading.
From Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Émile Gaboriau
Her face is “touched up,” or painted and lined by a professional adorner of women, and she utterly destroys the health of her skin by her foolish use of cosmetics.
From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe
He tried to make out the design that had once colored the faded carpet on the floor, and wondered about the dead artist in Japan, the adorner of his bureau.
From The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen
