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ornature rare.|ˈɔːnətjʊə(r)| [a. F. ornature (1530 in Godef.) = It. ornatura, ad. late L. ornātūra ornament, ornamentation, f. ppl. stem of L. ornāre, see -ure.] Ornamentation, adornment, decoration: embellishment; ornament.
1538Leland Itin. I. New Years Gift p. xxi, A thing that desired to be sumwhat large, and to have ornature. 1601B. Jonson Poetaster iii. i. 45 A mushroom, for all your other ornatures. 1658Phillips, Ornature, a setting forth, trimming, or adorning [ed. 1706 substitutes Ornament]. 1814Southey Roderick xviii. 113 Vestments..stiff With ornature of gold. 1886Blackie in 19th Cent. Apr. 531 The Gothic Castle with its..grotesque ornature of all kinds. |