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• adorno
  adorno

  noun

  relief ornament applied to a piece.
• Adorno
  Adorno

  noun

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

adorno

American  

[uh-dawr-noh] / əˈdɔr noʊ /

noun

Ceramics.

adornos plural

1. relief ornament applied to a piece.

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Adorno British  

/ 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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Noun Inflected Forms

• adornos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of adorno

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

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Adorno

When the German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno doubted the possibility of poetry after Auschwitz, Celan replied with the asperity of one who knew where barbarism had lodged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Along with Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno, he became a leading exponent of the Frankfurt School.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

Some have the authoritarian personality described by Adorno after World War II in their attempt to understand who was attracted to the Nazis.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024

Theodore Adorno argued that writing poetry after Auschwitz was barbaric.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2023

The Marchesino Stanga and Count Girolamo Tuttavilla were chosen to escort Isabella to Genoa, where she was received in state by the governor Adorno, and splendidly entertained at the Casa Spinola by the chief citizens.

From Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 by Ady, Julia Mary Cartwright