decorationn.
/ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃən/ 1. † c. The quality of being decorated; ornateness. Obsolete.
a. The action of decorating; embellishment, adornment, ornamentation. (See also quot. 1957.) Decoration Day (U.S.): the day (now May 30th) kept in memory of those who fell in the civil war of 1861–65, on which their graves are decorated with flowers.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration
atiffement1330
agraithing1340
apparela1375
anornamenta1382
adubmentc1400
dubmentc1400
anourement?1403
honourment1442
honestnessa1450
quaintisingc1450
ornaturea1475
adorning1495
furnish1500
accomplement?c1525
decking1531
habilimenta1533
parelc1540
exornation1548
garnishment1550
attirement1566
beautifyings1574
pranking1580
trinklement1582
decoration1584
decorement1587
trapping1596
trim1598
garnish1615
vinetry1622
polition1623
trickmenta1625
deckage1642
decor1656
garniture1685
buskrya1687
ornamentation1706
broidery1782
dizenment1864
necking1946
fanciness1961
society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > [noun]
house decorationc1793
interior decoration1807
decoration1844
decorating1877
1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Mij It is also meit, for the better decoratioun of the verse to vse sumtyme the figure of Repetitioun.
1589 King James VI & I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. III. 29 Ornamentes requisit for decoration of our mariage.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Decoration, a decoration, beautifying, bedecking, adorning, garnishing, trimming, gracing.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 189. ⁋12 She..applied all her care to the decoration of her person.
1844 R. W. Emerson Young Amer. in Lect. in Wks. (1906) II. 295 To facilitate the decoration of land and dwellings.
1871 Michigan Gen. Statutes (1882) I. 455 The thirtieth day of May, commonly called decoration day.
1877 Independent 24 May 25/1 Decoration Day dawned bright and beautiful.
1886 Cent. Mag. 32 475/1 On Decoration day he met them on their way to a neighbouring cemetery.
1957 Encycl. Brit. VII. 126/1 Decoration day, a holiday..observed in the northern states..on May 30, originally in honour of soldiers killed in the U.S. Civil War, but subsequently also in honour of those who fell in later wars.
b. The fact or condition of being decorated.
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1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila i. iv. 28 The fashion of its ornament and decoration was foreign to that adopted by the Moors of Granada.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > quality of being ornate
ornacyc1487
ornatenessa1578
pickedness1578
decoration1633
floridness1842
1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 43 The beauty and Decoration of the things we found in Hierusalem.
1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 68 The manner and decoration of one thing & another.
2.
a. That which decorates or adorns; an ornament, embellishment; esp. an ornament temporarily put up on some special occasion; formerly used (after the French) of scenery on the stage.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > an ornament
ornamenta1382
paramentc1395
adornmentc1405
flower1542
furniture1548
furniments1553
bravery1577
grace1579
trim1579
honour1589
outsetc1590
parergy1592
trapping1596
adornation1597
parergon1601
accomplishment1605
bellishment1611
facing1622
decorement1632
embellishment1632
gallantry1633
ornamentals1650
disguisements1655
decorationa1678
buska1687
decorament1727
pretty1736
tahalli1833
chicken fixings1840
ornamentality1842
grace note1922
a1678 A. Marvell Wks. (1875) II. 208 (R.) Our church did even then exceed the Romish in ceremonies and decorations.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Decoration, an Ornament, Imbellishment, or Set-off; as The Decorations of the Stage.
1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 14 Sept. (1965) I. 263 No [opera] house could hold such large Decorations.
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper vii. 174 A pretty Decoration for a grand Table.
1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 63 Mariposas or butterflies..differing visibly in figure, colours, and decorations.
1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 77 Basilicas..more remarkable for the richness of their decorations than for beauty of architectural proportions.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. i. 2 When its history is stripped of the remote antiquity and other fabulous decorations.
b. plural. Flags, wreaths, etc., put up at festival times or on occasions of public rejoicing.
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1887 Jubilee Celebr. Cambr. 16 The townspeople..putting out their decorations earlier than they probably otherwise would have done.
3. A star, cross, medal, or other badge conferred and worn as a mark of honour.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > decoration
jewel1617
decoration1815
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris Pref. p. xiii To sport the decoration of the Legion of Honour.
1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited ix. 294 All the young men who had not military decorations.
1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) xviii. 242 The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert..The Decoration of the Order consists of an onyx cameo, bearing a profile likeness of the late Prince Consort.
4. The composition placed in the head of a rocket firework which makes the display when the case explodes.
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1873–4 W. H. Browne Art Pyrotechny (1874) 23 The rocket is now ready for its cap or pot which is to contain the stars or other decorations that are to be used.
1888 W. H. Browne Firework Making 74 The first decorations that I shall notice are rocket stars.
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