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exornations

exornations is the plural of exornation.

Meaning of exornation

Noun

exornation (plural exornations)

  1. (obsolete) ornament; decoration; embellishment (physically, or relating to prose)
    • Hyperbolical exornations […] many much affect.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

Questions about exornations

What is exornations the plural of?
Exornations is the plural of exornation.

Words near exornations in the dictionary

  1. exoribonucleolytic
  2. exoring
  3. exorings
  4. exornate
  5. exornation
  6. exornations
  7. exorotation
  8. exorotations
  9. exorphin
  10. exorphine
  11. exorphines

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