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adorned, ppl. a.|əˈdɔːnd|
Also 5 aourned, 5–6 adourned.
[f. adorn v. + -ed.]
1. Furnished or decked, with things that add beauty or worth; beautified, decorated, ornamented.
1481Caxton Myrrour Prol. 1 Sette by declaracion in fair and Aourned volumes. 1490― Eneydos ii. 15, A coffre well rychely adourned wyth many precyous stones. 1548Hall Chron. (1809) 52 The Monarchial prince, or adourned Kyng. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, v. i. 79 She came adorned hither like sweet May. 1667Milton P.L. x. 151 Adorned She was indeed, and lovely. 1730Thomson Autumn 206 Loveliness, Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most.
2. fig. Furnished with properties or qualities that confer distinction or give delight.
1475Caxton Jason 5 b, The herte adourned with vertue rendrith the man noble. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 446 Adorn'd With splendor, arm'd with power. 1727Swift Gulliver iii. iv. 200 Adorned with integrity and honour. 1794Sullivan View of Nat. II. 261 Adorned with eloquence, piety, and persuasion. |