ornate

== English == === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin ōrnātus, perfect passive participle of ōrnō (“to equip, adorn”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of orné. ==== Pronunciation ==== (US) IPA(key): /ɔɹˈneɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt ==== Adjective ==== ornate (comparative more ornate, superlative most ornate) Elaborately ornamented, often to excess. Synonym: fancy Flashy, flowery or showy. Finely finished, as a style of composition. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ornament ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin ōrnātus, perfect passive participle of ōrnō (“to equip, adorn”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French orner. ==== Verb ==== ornate (third-person singular simple present ornates, present participle ornating, simple past and past participle ornated) (obsolete) To adorn or honour (someone or something). === Further reading === “ornate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ornate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === antero-, atoner, roneat, rotane, tenora == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== ornate inflection of ornare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== ornate f pl feminine plural of ornato === Anagrams === Antero, Aterno, Renato, notare, noterà, onrate, orante, renato, tonare, tonerà == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːrˈnaː.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [orˈnaː.te] === Adverb === ōrnātē (comparative ōrnātius, superlative ōrnātissimē) ornately, elegantly ornamentally === Participle === ōrnāte vocative masculine singular of ōrnātus === References === “ornate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ornate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ornate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Verb === ornate second-person singular voseo imperative of ornar combined with te