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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details;
- Example: "a flowery speech"
- Example: "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton
[syn: flowery, ornate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ornate \Or*nate"\, a. [L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn.] 1. Elaborately adorned or decorated; beautifully sumptuous. "So bedecked, ornate, and gay." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Finely finished, as a style of composition. [1913 Webster] A graceful and ornate rhetoric. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ornate \Or*nate"\, v. t. To adorn; to honor. [R.] [1913 Webster] They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ornate adj 1: marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton [syn: flowery, ornate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "ornate": adorned, arabesque, aureate, baroque, befrilled, busy, chichi, colored, decorated, elaborate, elegant, embellished, embroidered, fancy, festooned, figurative, figured, fine, flamboyant, florid, flowery, frilly, fussy, gilded, high-wrought, labored, luscious, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, moresque, opulent, ostentatious, overcharged, overdone, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overloaded, overworked, overwrought, picturesque, pretty-pretty, purple, resplendent, rich, rococo, sumptuous