ornate
adjective
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so.
ornateness
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a word derived from
ornate.
Example Sentences
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It was about simplicity, in contrast to the excessive ornateness of the Victorian interior—but also about a sort of a pride in America, the American past.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2021
On Friday night Tiler Peck, in a debut, retained an inward sensibility while bringing a theatrical ornateness to the lovely filigree flourishes of the arms and upper body in her solo.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2011
“It was very ornate,” says Burrows, “and we took the ornateness out.”
From Architectural Digest ● Apr. 1, 2010
Mr. Rossi and Mr. Glass shared one piano keyboard for “The Chase,” which had the ornateness of ragtime and old silent-movie accompaniment.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2010
But on the artistic side the reformed ministers were the enemies not only of everything that suggested the ornateness of the old religion, but of beauty in every form.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
