- adornment
- adornment (n.) late 14c., "act of adorning;" also "a thing which adorns;" from O.Fr. aornement "ornament, decoration," from aorner (see ADORN (Cf. adorn)).
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adornment — [n1] decorating, enhancing beautification, decoration, embellishment, gilding, ornamentation, trimming; concepts 162,177 Ant. plainness adornment [n2] a decoration accessory, dingbat, doodad, embellishment, fandangle*, floss*, frill, frippery,… … New thesaurus
Adornment — A*dorn ment ( ment), n. [Cf. OF. adornement. See {Adorn}.] An adorning; an ornament; a decoration. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adornment — index motif Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
adornment — [ə dôrn′mənt] n. 1. an adorning or being adorned 2. a decoration or ornament … English World dictionary
adornment — [[t]ədɔ͟ː(r)nmənt[/t]] adornments 1) N VAR An adornment is something that is used to make a person or thing more beautiful. It was a building without any adornment or decoration. 2) N UNCOUNT Adornment is the process of making something more… … English dictionary
adornment — UK [əˈdɔː(r)nmənt] / US [əˈdɔrnmənt] noun Word forms adornment : singular adornment plural adornments 1) [countable/uncountable] decorations, or a single decoration 2) [uncountable] the process of decorating something … English dictionary
adornment — /euh dawrn meuhnt/, n. 1. something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room. 2. ornamentation; embellishment: personal adornment. [1470 80; ADORN + MENT; r. late ME aournement < MF] * * * … Universalium
adornment — noun a) A decoration; that which adorns. The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows. b) The act of decorating … Wiktionary
adornment — noun why all the adornment just for a casual dinner party? we purchased way more adornments than we could ever use Syn: decoration, embellishment, ornamentation, ornament, enhancement; beautification, prettification; frill, accessory, doodad,… … Thesaurus of popular words
adornment — a•dorn•ment [[t]əˈdɔrn mənt[/t]] n. 1) something that adds attractiveness; an ornament; accessory 2) ornamentation; embellishment: personal adornment[/ex] • Etymology: 1470–80 … From formal English to slang
