ORNATENESS

ornateness, elaborateness

(noun) an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated

grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric

(noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; “the grandiosity of his prose”; “an excessive ornateness of language”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ornateness (countable and uncountable, plural ornatenesses)

The state of being ornate.

Source: Wiktionary


Or*nate"ness, n.

Definition: The quality of being ornate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 November 2024

INNOCENT

(adjective) free from evil or guilt; “an innocent child”; “the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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