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; ā€œthe grandiosity of his proseā€; ā€œan excessive ornateness of languageā€

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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