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ornature

ornature noun: decoration; ornamentation.

Noun

ornature

  1. (archaic) Decoration; ornamentation.
    • if you haue regard to their ornature , how manie mines of sundrie kinds of course & fine marble are there to be had in England ?1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Origin of ornature

From Latin ornatura.

Questions about ornature

What does ornature mean?
Ornature means decoration; ornamentation.
What part of speech is ornature?
Ornature is a noun.

Words near ornature in the dictionary

  1. ornatest
  2. ornating
  3. ornative
  4. ornatives
  5. ornatrix
  6. ornature
  7. Orndoff
  8. Orndoffs
  9. Orndorf
  10. Orne
  11. Orneae

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