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ornament

noun
/ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/UK/ˈɔɹnəmənt/US/ˈɔɹdəmənt/

Etymology

From Middle English ornament, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum (“equipment, apparatus, furniture, trappings, adornment, embellishment”), from ornāre (“to equip, adorn”). The verb is derived from the noun.

  1. derived from ornamentum
  2. derived from ornement
  3. derived from ornament

Definitions

  1. An element of decoration

    An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.

    • I'm a bit short on brain myself; the old bean would appear to have been constructed more for ornament than for use.

  2. A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but…

    A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.

  3. The articles used in church services.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)

    2. To decorate.

      • We will ornament the windows with trim to make the room seem brighter.
      • After this, perhaps, the next most imposing structure in Liverpool is the railway station; it is built of stone, richly ornamented with thirty-six columns of the Corinthian order.

    3. To add to.

      • The editor ornamented his plain writing, making it fancier but less clear.
      • Not a scene goes by that hasn't been ornamented with a split screen, a freeze frame, a caption, a voice-over, a switch between monochrome and colour, or a change of the aspect radio^([sic – meaning ratio]).

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Derived

block ornament, hood ornament, neither use nor ornament, ornamental, ornamental hermit, ornamentary, ornamentist, ornamentless, tooth ornament, ornamentor, overornament, reornament

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ornament. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at ornament. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at ornament

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA