The meaning of Ornate

verb

Make more beautiful or attractive.

Usage examples:

Pictures and prints adorned his walls

verb

Past simple and past participle of adorn

Usage examples:

The bride's hair was adorned with white flowers.

adjective

Relating to or denoting a style of european architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail. in architecture the period is exemplified by the palace of versailles and by the work of wren in england. major composers include vivaldi, bach, and handel; caravaggio and rubens are important baroque artists.

Usage examples:

Early eighteenth century baroque composer vivaldi was a trained priest who had music in his heart.

noun

The baroque style or period.

Usage examples:

The interior of the church is in lavish baroque

adjective

Relating to the highly decorated style in buildings, art, and music that was popular in europe in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th century

Usage examples:

Baroque architecture

adjective

Having a great deal to do.

Usage examples:

He had been too busy to enjoy himself

verb

Keep oneself occupied.

Usage examples:

She busied herself with her new home

noun

A police officer.

Usage examples:

I was picked up by the busies for possession

adjective

Denoting a stage of english gothic church architecture typical of the 14th century (between early english and perpendicular), with increasing use of decoration and geometrical, curvilinear, and reticulated tracery.

Usage examples:

Fine decorated gothic facades can be seen at exeter and york

verb

Make (something) look more attractive by adding extra items or images to it.

Usage examples:

The town was decorated with christmas lights

verb

Past simple and past participle of decorate

Usage examples:

They decorated the wedding car with ribbons and flowers., we're going to decorate the kitchen next …

adjective

Involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning.

Usage examples:

Elaborate security precautions

verb

Develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in further detail.

Usage examples:

The theory was proposed by cope and elaborated by osborn

adjective

Containing a lot of connected parts or many complicated details

Usage examples:

An elaborate ceremony, an elaborate fireworks display, they had created elaborate computer programs…

verb

Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.

Usage examples:

Blue silk embellished with golden embroidery

verb

Past simple and past participle of embellish

Usage examples:

The ceiling was embellished with flowers and leaves., he couldn't resist embellishing the story of …

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

noun

A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.

Usage examples:

This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

verb

Shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way.

Usage examples:

Lightning flashed overhead

noun

A sudden brief burst of bright light.

Usage examples:

A flash of lightning

adjective

Ostentatiously stylish or expensive.

Usage examples:

A flash new car

adjective

Ostentatiously attractive or impressive.

Usage examples:

He always had a flashy car

adjective

Expensive or stylish, or brightly colored

Usage examples:

He wears flashy clothes.

adjective

Having a red or flushed complexion.

Usage examples:

A stout man with a florid face

adjective

Too red, esp. in a way that is unhealthy

Usage examples:

A florid complexion, a florid architectural style, florid prose/speech

adjective

Fastidious about one's needs or requirements; hard to please.

Usage examples:

He is very fussy about what he eats

adjective

Not easily satisfied or pleased; worried or careful about unimportant details

Usage examples:

She’s really fussy about who she goes out with., kevin’s a fussy eater., my new dress is sophistica…

noun

Cake made with treacle or syrup and flavoured with ginger.

Usage examples:

The castle's chefs are also responsible for the coffee shop fare - look out for fruit cakes, ginger…

noun

A type of cake or cookie that contains ginger

Usage examples:

A gingerbread man (= a spicy gingerbread cookie shaped like a person)

verb

Make (something) look more attractive by adding decorative items.

Usage examples:

A jewel to ornament your wife's lovely throat

noun

A thing used or serving to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine.

Usage examples:

Tables covered with ornaments and books

noun

The accessories of worship, such as the altar, chalice, and sacred vessels.

Usage examples:

Many parish churches were extravagantly rebuilt, and lavished with vessels and ornaments which fore…

adjective

Characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress.

Usage examples:

A simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious

adjective

Intended to attract admiration or notice

Usage examples:

Ostentatious jewelry, ostentatious gestures, she waved her hand about, ostentatiously displaying he…

adjective

Containing too much careful detail or too many detailed parts

Usage examples:

The book is spoiled by over-elaborate writing., he refused most of the overelaborate meal, saying t…

adjective

Denoting furniture or architecture characterized by an elaborately ornamental late baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th-century continental europe, with asymmetrical patterns involving motifs and scrollwork.

Usage examples:

A rococo carved gilt mirror

noun

The rococo style of art, decoration, or architecture.

Usage examples:

Rococo is alive and living in our hearts

adjective

Relating to the very decorated and detailed style in buildings, art, and furniture that was popular in europe in the 18th century

Usage examples:

The collection is known mainly as a treasure-house of the french rococo., rococo remained popular i…

adjective

Having a striking appearance or style, typically by being excessively bright, colourful, or ostentatious.

Usage examples:

Showy flowers

noun

A cake that is attractively decorated, usually with white icing, and consisting of more than one layer, made to celebrate a wedding

Usage examples:

They had a huge, four-tier wedding cake, with a model of the bride and groom on top., rather than t…