English-Thai Dictionary

ornate

ADJ หรูหรา  ฟุ่มเฟือย  elaborate decorated ru-ra

 

ornately

ADV อย่าง หรูหรา  yang-ru-ra

 

ornateness

N ความหรูหรา  kwam-ru-ra

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ORNATE

a.[L. ornatus.] Adorned; decorated; beautiful.

 

ORNATELY

adv. With decoration.

 

ORNATENESS

n.State of being adorned.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ORNATE

Or *nate ", a. Etym: [L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn. ]

 

1. Adorned; decorated; beautiful. "So bedecked, ornate, and gay. " Milton.

 

2. Finely finished, as a style of composition. A graceful and ornate rhetoric. Milton.

 

ORNATE

ORNATE Or *nate ", v. t.

 

Defn: To adorn; to honor. [R.] They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. Latimer.

 

ORNATELY

ORNATELY Or *nate "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an ornate manner. Sir T. More.

 

ORNATENESS

ORNATENESS Or *nate "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being ornate.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ornate

or nate |ôrˈnāt ɔrˈneɪt | ▶adjective made in an intricate shape or decorated with complex patterns: an ornate wrought-iron railing. • (of literary style ) using unusual words and complex constructions: peculiarly ornate and metaphorical language. • (of musical composition or performance ) using many ornaments such as grace notes and trills. DERIVATIVES or nate ly adverb, or nate ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin ornatus ‘adorned, ’ past participle of ornare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

ornate

or ¦nate |ɔːˈneɪt | ▶adjective elaborately or highly decorated: an ornate wrought-iron railing. • (of literary style ) using unusual words and complex constructions: peculiarly ornate and metaphorical language. DERIVATIVES ornately adverb, ornateness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin ornatus ‘adorned ’, past participle of ornare.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ornate

ornate adjective 1 an ornate mirror: elaborate, decorated, embellished, adorned, ornamented, fancy, fussy, ostentatious, showy; informal flash, flashy. ANTONYMS unadorned. 2 ornate language: elaborate, flowery, florid; grandiose, pompous, pretentious, high-flown, orotund, magniloquent, grandiloquent, rhetorical, oratorical, bombastic, overwrought, overblown; informal highfalutin, purple. ANTONYMS plain, simple.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ornate

ornate adjective 1 an ornate Venetian gilt mirror: elaborate, decorated, embellished, adorned, ornamented, fancy, over-elaborate, fussy, busy, ostentatious, showy, baroque, rococo, florid, wedding-cake, gingerbread; informal flash, flashy. 2 ornate, metaphorical language: elaborate, over-elaborate, flowery, florid, flamboyant; grandiose, pompous, pretentious, affected, high-flown, high-sounding, orotund, fulsome, magniloquent, grandiloquent, rhetorical, oratorical, bombastic, laboured, strained, overwrought, overblown, overdone, convoluted, stilted, turgid, inflated; informal highfalutin, purple; rare tumid, pleonastic, euphuistic, aureate, Ossianic, fustian, hyperventilated. ANTONYMS plain, austere, simple.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ornate

or nate /ɔː r néɪt /形容詞 ｟時に非難して ｠隅々まで装飾を施した, 凝りに凝った ; 過度に飾った (↔plain ).～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞