| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | or·nate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ôr-n t |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented. 2. Flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner; flowery. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin  rntus, past participle of rnre, to embellish. See ar- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | or·nately —ADVERB
or·nateness —NOUN
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