- heavily ornamented or adorned, often, excessively so
- showy or flowery: an ornate writing style
Origin of ornate
Middle English from Classical Latin ornatus, past participle of ornare: see ornament
A carnival dancer wearing an ornate costume.
The definition of ornate is heavily decorated, very elaborate or showy.
An example of something ornate is a costume covered in diamonds, glitter, feathers and pieces of silver.
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ornate
adjective
- Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented.
- Elaborate or showy, as in style: ornate rhetoric.
Origin of ornate
Middle English from Latin ōrnātus past participle of ōrnāre to embellish ; see ar- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- or·nate′ly
adverb
- or·nate′ness
noun
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Adjective
(comparative more ornate, superlative most ornate)
- Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
- Flashy, flowery or showy
- Finely finished, as a style of composition.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present ornates, present participle ornating, simple past and past participle ornated)
Origin
From Latin ornatus, past participle of ornare (“to equip, adorn").
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Sentence Examples
- The church of St Stephen, outside the town, retains its ornate Norman font.
- After parking his vehicle—no easy chore with the summer traffic—he entered the beautiful and ornate Victorian hotel.
- Muliebri ornate in Tacitus), and in middle high German by Hartungen.
- The church of St Andrew retains some ornate Norman work, but is mainly a Perpendicular reconstruction.
- The chapter-house, a magnificent ornate building, was built during the same period.
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