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nonadornment

nonadornment noun: absence of adornment.

Noun

nonadornment (uncountable)

  1. Absence of adornment.
    • Millet is a cheap grain, signifying plainness and nonadornment, the simplicity of experience in itself, without pretense and artificial rationalization.2001, Thomas F. Cleary, Classics of Buddhism and Zen, page 545

Origin of nonadornment

From non- + adornment.

Questions about nonadornment

What does nonadornment mean?
Nonadornment means absence of adornment.
What part of speech is nonadornment?
Nonadornment is a noun.

Words near nonadornment in the dictionary

  1. nonadoptive
  2. nonadorable
  3. Nonadorantes
  4. nonadoring
  5. nonadorned
  6. nonadornment
  7. nonadrenal
  8. nonadrenergic
  9. nonadroit
  10. nonads
  11. nonadsorbable

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