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ornatest

ornatest is the superlative form of ornate.

Meaning of ornate

Adjective

ornate (comparative more ornate, superlative most ornate)

  1. Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
    • The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ;[…]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    fancy
  2. Flashy, flowery or showy.
  3. Finely finished, as a style of composition.
    • a graceful and ornate rhetoric[1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London]: […] [Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC

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Questions about ornatest

What is ornatest the superlative form of?
Ornatest is the superlative form of ornate.

Words near ornatest in the dictionary

  1. ornated
  2. ornately
  3. ornateness
  4. ornatenesses
  5. ornates
  6. ornatest
  7. ornating
  8. ornative
  9. ornatives
  10. ornatrix
  11. ornature

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