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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

He read Theodor Adorno and Antonio Gramsci in their original languages when their work wasn’t widely available in English.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

Bloch’s book is only one of the numerous little-known or underappreciated works that Toscano draws upon, although usual suspects like Hannah Arendt, Antonio Gramsci and Theodor Adorno certainly appear as well.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2024

For the coming season he has two new roles: Pollione in Bellini’s “Norma” at Milan’s La Scala and Gabriele Adorno in Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” in Vienna.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 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 Julia Mary Cartwright Ady