ornamentn.

Brit.

/ˈɔːnəm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈɔrnəm(ə)nt/

Forms: Middle English hournement, Middle English ornorment, Middle English ournament, Middle English ournement, Middle English urnement, Middle English urnment, Middle English vrnment, Middle English orlemynt (transmission error), Middle English ornamement (transmission error), Middle English ournamnt (transmission error), Middle English–1500s ornement, Middle English– ornament, 1500s ornamente, 1500s ornamenttes (plural), 1600s–1700s ornamant, 1800s– ornamint (Irish English); Scottish pre-1700 ornement, pre-1700 ornourment, pre-1700 ornyment, pre-1700 ournement, pre-1700 ornamenttis (plural), pre-1700 1700s– ornament.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French hournement, ornament, ornement; Latin ōrnāmentum.

Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman hournement, ornament, ournament, urnament, urnement, and Middle French ornement something serving to adorn, decorate, or embellish (c1050 in Old French; French ornement ), and partly < its etymon classical Latin ōrnāmentum equipment, trapping (usually in plural), ornament, circumstance conferring honour < ōrnāre orn v. + -mentum -ment suffix. Compare Old Occitan ornament (c1150), ornamenta (late 13th cent.), Spanish ornamento (1251; also 1247 as †ornamiento), Catalan ornament (c1272), Italian ornamento (end of the 13th cent.), Portuguese ornamento (1337), and also Middle High German ornament robes of office, ceremonial dress (German Ornament ornament).

†a. An accessory or adjunct, primarily functional, but often also fancy or decorative; (in plural) equipment, trappings, furniture, attire. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > that with which anything is equipped > equipment or accoutrements

ornament?c1225

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apparel1330

conreyc1330

farec1330

tirec1330

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graithc1375

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warnementa1400

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parelling?a1440

farrements1440

stuffurec1440

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rigging1837

fixture1854

parapherna1876

clobber1890

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking

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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 222 & feȝede hire..alle þe feire vrnemenz þe blisse bitacneð.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 140 (MED) Hy hise agrayþeþ and azet mid alle hire ournemens.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 50^v Þe hond is a greet help & ornament of þe body.

a1425 Rev. Methodius in J. Trevisa Dialogus Militem et Clericum (1925) 104 (MED) Alle ournamntis of riche men schule be of hem.

1474 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 143 (MED) Item, ornamentes for the herse and for the beriell, blakke cloth to the ground with a white cloth of gold.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Aplustre,..the taklynge or ornamentes of a shippe.

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades vii. 126 A surgeon is to be preferd, with phisicke ornaments Before a multitude.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. i. 54 The summe of money which I promised..For cloathing me in these graue Ornaments .

1682 N. Crouch Admirable Curiosities (1684) 3 Most of her [sc. England's] other Plenties and Ornaments are expressed in this old verse following. Anglia, Mons, Pons, Fons, Ecclesia, Fœmina, Lana.

1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants 50 The Head with its Ornaments, and the Legs regularly placed, first make their Appearance.

b. In plural. The accessories or furnishings of a church or temple; the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., employed in religious worship, esp. in the celebration of the Eucharist.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > furniture > [noun]

ornamentsc1384

church stuff1507

kirk-loom1827

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. ii. 2 He ȝaue to hem the lawe..that thei shulden not erre..seeynge golden and sylueren symulacris, and ournementis [L. ornamenta] of hem.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1799 (MED) Þus watz þat londe lost for þe lordes synne..þat defowled hade Þe ornementes of Goddez hous þat holy were maked.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 43 With many oþer ournementz and clething of Aaron and of þe tabernacle.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1015 The other hylde a crosse and the ornementis of an awter.

1505 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 75 Keping of thair jouelis and ornamentis of thar kirk.

1559 Act 1 Eliz. c. 2 §25 That suche ornaments of the Churche, and of the ministers therof, shalbe reteined and be in vse as was in this Churche of England, by aucthority of Parliament.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. i. 22 An ancient Temple..having been polluted..had been applied to common Use, and all the Ornaments and Furniture carried away.

1771 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 249 A compleat sett of crimson velvet ornaments for pulpit, communion and alter pieces on paste board.

1857 Decis. Privy Council in J. H. Blunt Annot. Prayer-bk. p. lxx The term ‘ornaments’ in Ecclesiastical law is not confined, as by modern usage, to articles of decoration or embellishment, but it is used in the larger sense of the word ‘ornamentum’... In modern times, Organs and Bells are held to fall under this denomination.

1983 K. M. MacMorran & K. J. T. Elphinstone Handbk. for Churchwardens & Parochial Church Councillors ix. 93 All the movable furniture and ornaments of the church are in the legal ownership of the churchwardens.

a. Something used to adorn, beautify, or embellish, or that naturally does this; a decoration, embellishment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > an ornament

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paramentc1395

adornmentc1405

flower1542

furniture1548

furniments1553

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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

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Judges viii. 26 Þe wiȝt of þe..ereryngis was a thowsand & seuenti ciclis of gold wiþ oute þe ournementys [L. ornamentis] & brochis..þe whiche þe kyngis of Madyan weryn wont to vsyn.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 44^v Þe berd is þe hiȝtnes & þe ornament of mannes face.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 174 There was forbode þat syluyr and gold schuld not be used in knyues, ne girdelis, ne brochis, ne ringes, ne no oþir ornamentis.

a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 125 Rich stones..and oþer juels and ornamentes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 29 Or whether that such Cowards ought to weare This Ornament of Knighthood [sc. the garter], yea or no?

1619 in D. Forbes & C. Innes Acct. Familie Innes (1864) 210 That ye vill doe me honor the day off my laureatione in giffing me in len the best ornaments ye heue.

1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F1^v The Blossoms are in themselves great Ornaments to a Tree.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 170. ⁋3 My mother sold some of her ornaments to dress me in such a manner as might secure me from contempt.

1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 178 Formerly the châteaux were the ornaments of France.

1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iii. v. 448 Torcs, head-rings, armlets, and other personal ornaments.

1934 Amer. Home Mar. 206/4 Above the brasero a dado of tiles is often used as an ornament.

1967 J. Singer & E. Gottlieb tr. I. B. Singer Manor iii. xxvi. 371 The Christmas tree was already decorated with ornaments and tinsel.

1992 Harrowsmith Aug. 70/3 Reaching about 20 feet, it is often multi-stemmed, yet if trained to grow with a single trunk, it makes a pleasing patio ornament.

b. figurative. A quality, characteristic, or circumstance conferring beauty, grace, honour, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] > and pleasing

sweetnessc900

grace1340

ornament1531

moonshine1607

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour III. xiv. sig. c5^v Noble courage is an ornament of vertues, for it maketh them the more ample.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. iiij^v Emonge other ornamentes of the house of Saxony, this was euer propre vnto it, greatly to fauour Religion.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Pet. iii. 4 The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.

1756 Connoisseur No. 75. ⁋3 Knowledge is a greater ornament to the head, than a bag or a smart cocked hat.

1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) viii. 211 The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough. Poverty is its ornament.

1956 W. Golding Sometime, Never 21 Modesty is the proper ornament of virginity.

1987 J. Epstein Once more around Block 123 A sense of humor is an ornament to character but no replacement for it.

c. A person who enhances or adds distinction to his or her sphere, time, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun]

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signor1583

hero1592

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prominent1608

name1611

magnificent1612

choice spirita1616

illustricity1637

luminary1692

lion1715

swell1786

notable1796

top-sawyer1826

star1829

celebrity1831

notability1832

notoriety1841

mighty1853

tycoon1861

reputation1870

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big name1909

big-timer1917

Hall of Famer1948

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a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 192 A wif is lik an ornement of an houshold.]

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 53 Thos singular men, the late ornaments of Cambridg and the glori of Pembrook Hal.

1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. C3 She is the ornament of womankind.

1681 H. Prideaux Lett. (1875) 110 An ornament to the University.

1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1840) I. Diss. ii. p. cxx A most distinguished ornament of this age was John of Salisbury.

1834 Preston Temperance Advocate Apr. 30/2 He..is now a tee-total abstinence member, and is an ornament to the Society.

1896 Law Times 100 488/2 Like so many other ornaments of the Scotch Bench and Bar, John Inglis was a son of the manse.

1989 B. Ehrenreich Fear of Falling iv. 144 Here we have the nation's leading preppy—an ornament and offspring of the Establishment—winning as a barefoot populist.

d. Music. A grace note; a decorative note used to embellish a melody.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [noun]

relish1561

ornament1664

agrément1789

embroidery1875

noodle1926

1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) i. 58 There is made now adayes an indifferent and confused use of those Excellent Graces and Ornaments to the good manner of Singing, which we call Trills, Grapps, [etc.].

?1779 W. Waring tr. J.-J. Rousseau Compl. Dict. Music 185 Graces in Singing. By this term are called, in the French music, certain turns and shakes in the throat, and other ornaments joined to the notes.

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music p. xxx Of the graces in music... To these ornaments may be added the Slur,..the Staccato.

1885 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 67 Her voice is not yet quite solid, and..she appended a dreadful ‘ornament’ to Hark, those Chimes.

1962 Listener 17 May 885/2 The important indications of Rameau's ornaments were either unnecessarily simplified or omitted, regrettably since ornaments are not optional embellishments in music of this period.

1989 Strings Sept. 50/1 Ornaments in French music are extremely important and should not be changed or added to.

e. Printing and Bookbinding. A decoration used in conjunction with type on a page or cover of a manuscript or book.

ΚΠ

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) sig. Gggi^v To illuminate,..to draw in Gold and Colours the beginning Letters and other Ornaments, as it is done in many old Manuscript Books.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 425 The ‘forwarder’ then passes the book on to the ‘finisher’, whose duty it is to add the required lettering and ornament.

1986 Library Mar. 19 On the basis of the ornament..the 1620 title-page..would appear to have been printed by G. Purslowe.

f. Cartography. A pattern used to distinguish an area on a geological map.

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1958 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 251 177 (caption) The exposed granites (usual ornament) and their contact aureoles (stippled) are shown.

1971 Nature 25 June 539/2 The choice of ornament for the maps is generally bad, with the result that they are difficult to read.

1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics ix. 205 (caption) Generalized map of suspect terrains in western North America. Dashed ornament, North American cratonic basement.

a. The action of adorning or fact of being adorned; adornment, embellishment, decoration (literal and figurative).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > action or fact of

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a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 79 Bot than thai membris [of generation] sal be in gret honour and ornament of the persoune.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ii. sig. B8^v Courage..Approued oft in perils manifold, Which he atchieu'd to his great ornament .

1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) i. sig. B4 Accomplements are more for ornament, Then vse.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 280 The pair that clad Each shoulder broad, came mantling o're his brest With regal Ornament .

1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. Introd. 5 The improvement or ornament of the human mind.

1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited viii. 245 There was no beauty..either of artful ornament, or natural wildness.

1882 L. F. Day Every-day Art i Ornament is the Art of every Day.

1992 Canad. Living 1 Dec. 196 Sew buttons to the right coat front for ornament only and close the coat with large dome fasteners.

†b. Outward show or display. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display > more ostentatious display

flourish1598

ornament1600

braverya1627

pageantrya1646

flash1674

overbloom1880

top-dressing1884

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 74 So may the outward showes be least themselues, The world is still deceau'd with ornament .

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 97 Thus ornament is but..The seeming truth which cunning times put on To intrap the wisest.

1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. v. viii. 235 In Oratory one looks for nothing but Finery and Ornament.

Compounds

ornaments rubric n. (also ornament rubric) the rubric immediately preceding the Order for Morning and Evening Prayer in the Book of Common Prayer, referring to the ornaments to be used in church (cf. quot. 1559 at sense 1b).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > rule, rubric > [noun] > concerning ornaments

ornaments rubric1872

1872 Law Rep.: Admiralty & Eccl. 3 69 The ornament rubric in the prayer book set forth by authority of the statute.

1929 E. C. Thomas Lay Folks' Hist. Liturgy ii. xvi. 232 Though the Prayer Book of 1552 was reintroduced [by Elizabeth I], still the Ornaments Rubric was altered back to that of the First Prayer Book.

1996 Church Times 6 Dec. 12/5 The request for letters of business to be issued to enable the Convocations to set in train a revision of the ornaments rubric of the Prayer Book.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ornament
释义	ornamentn. Brit. /ˈɔːnəm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈɔrnəm(ə)nt/ Forms: Middle English hournement, Middle English ornorment, Middle English ournament, Middle English ournement, Middle English urnement, Middle English urnment, Middle English vrnment, Middle English orlemynt (transmission error), Middle English ornamement (transmission error), Middle English ournamnt (transmission error), Middle English–1500s ornement, Middle English– ornament, 1500s ornamente, 1500s ornamenttes (plural), 1600s–1700s ornamant, 1800s– ornamint (Irish English); Scottish pre-1700 ornement, pre-1700 ornourment, pre-1700 ornyment, pre-1700 ournement, pre-1700 ornamenttis (plural), pre-1700 1700s– ornament. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French hournement, ornament, ornement; Latin ōrnāmentum. Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman hournement, ornament, ournament, urnament, urnement, and Middle French ornement something serving to adorn, decorate, or embellish (c1050 in Old French; French ornement ), and partly < its etymon classical Latin ōrnāmentum equipment, trapping (usually in plural), ornament, circumstance conferring honour < ōrnāre orn v. + -mentum -ment suffix. Compare Old Occitan ornament (c1150), ornamenta (late 13th cent.), Spanish ornamento (1251; also 1247 as †ornamiento), Catalan ornament (c1272), Italian ornamento (end of the 13th cent.), Portuguese ornamento (1337), and also Middle High German ornament robes of office, ceremonial dress (German Ornament ornament). 1. †a. An accessory or adjunct, primarily functional, but often also fancy or decorative; (in plural) equipment, trappings, furniture, attire. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > that with which anything is equipped > equipment or accoutrements ornament?c1225 i-wendea1250 atil1297 tacklea1325 apparel1330 conreyc1330 farec1330 tirec1330 apparementc1340 apparelmentc1374 graithc1375 appurtenancec1386 geara1400 warnementa1400 stuff1406 parelling?a1440 farrements1440 stuffurec1440 skippeson1444 harnessa1450 parela1450 implements1454 reparel1466 ordinance1475 habiliments1483 ornation1483 muniments1485 mountures1489 outred1489 accomplement?c1525 trinketc1525 garnishing1530 garniture1532 accoutrementsc1550 furniments1553 tackling1558 instrument1563 ordinara1578 appointment?1578 outreiking1584 appoint1592 dighting1598 outreik1598 apparate?c1600 accomplishment1605 attirail1611 coutrement1621 apparatusa1628 equipage1648 thing1662 equipment1717 paraphernalia1736 tack1777 outfit1787 fittinga1817 fixing1820 set-out1831 rigging1837 fixture1854 parapherna1876 clobber1890 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking ornament?c1225 i-wendea1250 atil1297 tacklea1325 apparel1330 conreyc1330 farec1330 tirec1330 apparementc1340 apparelmentc1374 graithc1375 appurtenancec1386 geara1400 warnementa1400 stuff1406 parelling?a1440 farrements1440 stuffurec1440 skippeson1444 harnessa1450 parela1450 implements1454 reparel1466 ordinance1475 habiliments1483 ornation1483 muniments1485 outred1489 trinketc1525 garnishing1530 garniture1532 accoutrementsc1550 furniments1553 tackling1558 instrument1563 ordinara1578 appointment?1578 outreiking1584 supellectile1584 appoint1592 dighting1598 outreik1598 materialsa1600 apparate?c1600 attirail1611 coutrement1621 apparatusa1628 outrig1639 equipage1648 thing1662 equipment1717 paraphernalia1736 fixture1767 tack1777 outfit1787 fittinga1817 fixing1820 matériel1821 set-out1831 rigging1837 parapherna1876 clobber1890 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 222 & feȝede hire..alle þe feire vrnemenz þe blisse bitacneð. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 140 (MED) Hy hise agrayþeþ and azet mid alle hire ournemens. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 50^v Þe hond is a greet help & ornament of þe body. a1425 Rev. Methodius in J. Trevisa Dialogus Militem et Clericum (1925) 104 (MED) Alle ournamntis of riche men schule be of hem. 1474 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 143 (MED) Item, ornamentes for the herse and for the beriell, blakke cloth to the ground with a white cloth of gold. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Aplustre,..the taklynge or ornamentes of a shippe. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades vii. 126 A surgeon is to be preferd, with phisicke ornaments Before a multitude. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. i. 54 The summe of money which I promised..For cloathing me in these graue Ornaments . View more context for this quotation 1682 N. Crouch Admirable Curiosities (1684) 3 Most of her [sc. England's] other Plenties and Ornaments are expressed in this old verse following. Anglia, Mons, Pons, Fons, Ecclesia, Fœmina, Lana. 1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants 50 The Head with its Ornaments, and the Legs regularly placed, first make their Appearance. b. In plural. The accessories or furnishings of a church or temple; the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., employed in religious worship, esp. in the celebration of the Eucharist. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > [noun] ornamentsc1384 church stuff1507 kirk-loom1827 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. ii. 2 He ȝaue to hem the lawe..that thei shulden not erre..seeynge golden and sylueren symulacris, and ournementis [L. ornamenta] of hem. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1799 (MED) Þus watz þat londe lost for þe lordes synne..þat defowled hade Þe ornementes of Goddez hous þat holy were maked. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 43 With many oþer ournementz and clething of Aaron and of þe tabernacle. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1015 The other hylde a crosse and the ornementis of an awter. 1505 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 75 Keping of thair jouelis and ornamentis of thar kirk. 1559 Act 1 Eliz. c. 2 §25 That suche ornaments of the Churche, and of the ministers therof, shalbe reteined and be in vse as was in this Churche of England, by aucthority of Parliament. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. i. 22 An ancient Temple..having been polluted..had been applied to common Use, and all the Ornaments and Furniture carried away. 1771 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 249 A compleat sett of crimson velvet ornaments for pulpit, communion and alter pieces on paste board. 1857 Decis. Privy Council in J. H. Blunt Annot. Prayer-bk. p. lxx The term ‘ornaments’ in Ecclesiastical law is not confined, as by modern usage, to articles of decoration or embellishment, but it is used in the larger sense of the word ‘ornamentum’... In modern times, Organs and Bells are held to fall under this denomination. 1983 K. M. MacMorran & K. J. T. Elphinstone Handbk. for Churchwardens & Parochial Church Councillors ix. 93 All the movable furniture and ornaments of the church are in the legal ownership of the churchwardens. 2. a. Something used to adorn, beautify, or embellish, or that naturally does this; a decoration, embellishment. ΘΚΠ 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 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Judges viii. 26 Þe wiȝt of þe..ereryngis was a thowsand & seuenti ciclis of gold wiþ oute þe ournementys [L. ornamentis] & brochis..þe whiche þe kyngis of Madyan weryn wont to vsyn. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 44^v Þe berd is þe hiȝtnes & þe ornament of mannes face. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 174 There was forbode þat syluyr and gold schuld not be used in knyues, ne girdelis, ne brochis, ne ringes, ne no oþir ornamentis. a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 125 Rich stones..and oþer juels and ornamentes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 29 Or whether that such Cowards ought to weare This Ornament of Knighthood [sc. the garter], yea or no? View more context for this quotation 1619 in D. Forbes & C. Innes Acct. Familie Innes (1864) 210 That ye vill doe me honor the day off my laureatione in giffing me in len the best ornaments ye heue. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F1^v The Blossoms are in themselves great Ornaments to a Tree. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 170. ⁋3 My mother sold some of her ornaments to dress me in such a manner as might secure me from contempt. 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 178 Formerly the châteaux were the ornaments of France. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iii. v. 448 Torcs, head-rings, armlets, and other personal ornaments. 1934 Amer. Home Mar. 206/4 Above the brasero a dado of tiles is often used as an ornament. 1967 J. Singer & E. Gottlieb tr. I. B. Singer Manor iii. xxvi. 371 The Christmas tree was already decorated with ornaments and tinsel. 1992 Harrowsmith Aug. 70/3 Reaching about 20 feet, it is often multi-stemmed, yet if trained to grow with a single trunk, it makes a pleasing patio ornament. b. figurative. A quality, characteristic, or circumstance conferring beauty, grace, honour, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] > and pleasing sweetnessc900 grace1340 ornament1531 moonshine1607 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour III. xiv. sig. c5^v Noble courage is an ornament of vertues, for it maketh them the more ample. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. iiij^v Emonge other ornamentes of the house of Saxony, this was euer propre vnto it, greatly to fauour Religion. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Pet. iii. 4 The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. View more context for this quotation 1756 Connoisseur No. 75. ⁋3 Knowledge is a greater ornament to the head, than a bag or a smart cocked hat. 1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) viii. 211 The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough. Poverty is its ornament. 1956 W. Golding Sometime, Never 21 Modesty is the proper ornament of virginity. 1987 J. Epstein Once more around Block 123 A sense of humor is an ornament to character but no replacement for it. c. A person who enhances or adds distinction to his or her sphere, time, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] kingeOE master-spiritc1175 douzepersc1330 sire1362 worthya1375 lantern1382 sira1400 greatc1400 noblec1400 persona1425 lightc1425 magnate?a1439 worthyman1439 personagec1460 giant1535 honourablec1540 triedc1540 magnifico1573 ornament1573 signor1583 hero1592 grandee1604 prominent1608 name1611 magnificent1612 choice spirita1616 illustricity1637 luminary1692 lion1715 swell1786 notable1796 top-sawyer1826 star1829 celebrity1831 notability1832 notoriety1841 mighty1853 tycoon1861 reputation1870 public figure1871 star turn1885 headliner1896 front-pager1899 legend1899 celeb1907 big name1909 big-timer1917 Hall of Famer1948 megastar1969 a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 192 A wif is lik an ornement of an houshold.] 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 53 Thos singular men, the late ornaments of Cambridg and the glori of Pembrook Hal. 1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. C3 She is the ornament of womankind. 1681 H. Prideaux Lett. (1875) 110 An ornament to the University. 1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1840) I. Diss. ii. p. cxx A most distinguished ornament of this age was John of Salisbury. 1834 Preston Temperance Advocate Apr. 30/2 He..is now a tee-total abstinence member, and is an ornament to the Society. 1896 Law Times 100 488/2 Like so many other ornaments of the Scotch Bench and Bar, John Inglis was a son of the manse. 1989 B. Ehrenreich Fear of Falling iv. 144 Here we have the nation's leading preppy—an ornament and offspring of the Establishment—winning as a barefoot populist. d. Music. A grace note; a decorative note used to embellish a melody. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [noun] relish1561 ornament1664 agrément1789 embroidery1875 noodle1926 1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) i. 58 There is made now adayes an indifferent and confused use of those Excellent Graces and Ornaments to the good manner of Singing, which we call Trills, Grapps, [etc.]. ?1779 W. Waring tr. J.-J. Rousseau Compl. Dict. Music 185 Graces in Singing. By this term are called, in the French music, certain turns and shakes in the throat, and other ornaments joined to the notes. 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music p. xxx Of the graces in music... To these ornaments may be added the Slur,..the Staccato. 1885 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 67 Her voice is not yet quite solid, and..she appended a dreadful ‘ornament’ to Hark, those Chimes. 1962 Listener 17 May 885/2 The important indications of Rameau's ornaments were either unnecessarily simplified or omitted, regrettably since ornaments are not optional embellishments in music of this period. 1989 Strings Sept. 50/1 Ornaments in French music are extremely important and should not be changed or added to. e. Printing and Bookbinding. A decoration used in conjunction with type on a page or cover of a manuscript or book. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) sig. Gggi^v To illuminate,..to draw in Gold and Colours the beginning Letters and other Ornaments, as it is done in many old Manuscript Books. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 425 The ‘forwarder’ then passes the book on to the ‘finisher’, whose duty it is to add the required lettering and ornament. 1986 Library Mar. 19 On the basis of the ornament..the 1620 title-page..would appear to have been printed by G. Purslowe. f. Cartography. A pattern used to distinguish an area on a geological map. ΚΠ 1958 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 251 177 (caption) The exposed granites (usual ornament) and their contact aureoles (stippled) are shown. 1971 Nature 25 June 539/2 The choice of ornament for the maps is generally bad, with the result that they are difficult to read. 1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics ix. 205 (caption) Generalized map of suspect terrains in western North America. Dashed ornament, North American cratonic basement. 3. a. The action of adorning or fact of being adorned; adornment, embellishment, decoration (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > action or fact of fayingc1230 arrayingc1340 anorninga1382 orninga1382 adornmentc1405 garnishing1463 adorning1495 ornamenta1513 ourningc1540 furniture1548 gracing1588 adorn1590 outsetc1590 furnishing1594 adornation1597 bedecking1598 busking1628 ornamenting1718 engrailing1753 figurement1879 a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 79 Bot than thai membris [of generation] sal be in gret honour and ornament of the persoune. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ii. sig. B8^v Courage..Approued oft in perils manifold, Which he atchieu'd to his great ornament . View more context for this quotation 1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) i. sig. B4 Accomplements are more for ornament, Then vse. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 280 The pair that clad Each shoulder broad, came mantling o're his brest With regal Ornament . View more context for this quotation 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. Introd. 5 The improvement or ornament of the human mind. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited viii. 245 There was no beauty..either of artful ornament, or natural wildness. 1882 L. F. Day Every-day Art i Ornament is the Art of every Day. 1992 Canad. Living 1 Dec. 196 Sew buttons to the right coat front for ornament only and close the coat with large dome fasteners. †b. Outward show or display. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display > more ostentatious display flourish1598 ornament1600 braverya1627 pageantrya1646 flash1674 overbloom1880 top-dressing1884 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 74 So may the outward showes be least themselues, The world is still deceau'd with ornament . View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 97 Thus ornament is but..The seeming truth which cunning times put on To intrap the wisest. View more context for this quotation 1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. v. viii. 235 In Oratory one looks for nothing but Finery and Ornament. Compounds ornaments rubric n. (also ornament rubric) the rubric immediately preceding the Order for Morning and Evening Prayer in the Book of Common Prayer, referring to the ornaments to be used in church (cf. quot. 1559 at sense 1b). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > rule, rubric > [noun] > concerning ornaments ornaments rubric1872 1872 Law Rep.: Admiralty & Eccl. 3 69 The ornament rubric in the prayer book set forth by authority of the statute. 1929 E. C. Thomas Lay Folks' Hist. Liturgy ii. xvi. 232 Though the Prayer Book of 1552 was reintroduced [by Elizabeth I], still the Ornaments Rubric was altered back to that of the First Prayer Book. 1996 Church Times 6 Dec. 12/5 The request for letters of business to be issued to enable the Convocations to set in train a revision of the ornaments rubric of the Prayer Book. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). ornamentv. Brit. /ˈɔːnəm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈɔrnəm(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ornament n. Etymology: < ornament n. Compare French ornementer (1532 in Middle French in an isolated attestation; subsequently from 1858), Portuguese ornamentar (14th cent.), Spanish ornamentar (a1580). transitive. To provide with ornaments, to make ornamental; to decorate, adorn, embellish, beautify. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament dightc1200 begoa1225 fay?c1225 rustc1275 duba1300 shrouda1300 adorna1325 flourishc1325 apparel1366 depaintc1374 dressa1375 raila1375 anorna1382 orna1382 honourc1390 paintc1390 pare1393 garnisha1400 mensk?a1400 apykec1400 hightlec1400 overfretc1440 exornc1450 embroider1460 repair1484 empare1490 ornate1490 bedo?a1500 purfle?a1500 glorify?1504 betrap1509 broider1509 deck?1521 likelya1522 to set forth1530 exornate1539 grace1548 adornate1550 fardc1550 gaud1554 pink1558 bedeck1559 tight1572 begaud1579 embellish1579 bepounce1582 parela1586 flower1587 ornify1590 illustrate1592 tinsel1594 formalize1595 adore1596 suborn1596 trapper1597 condecorate1599 diamondize1600 furnish1600 enrich1601 mense1602 prank1605 overgreen1609 crown1611 enjewel1611 broocha1616 varnish1641 ornament1650 array1652 bedub1657 bespangle1675 irradiate1717 gem1747 begem1749 redeck1771 blazon1813 aggrace1825 diamond1839 panoply1851 1650 J. Tatham Ostella 3 Without the help of Art as nature..hath ornamented her behold her Feature. 1720 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad (ed. 2) V. xviii. 142 (note) The Divisions, Projections, or Angles of a Roof are left to be ornamented at the Discretion of the Painter. 1758 W. Blackstone Study of Law in Comm. Laws Eng. Introd. i. 26 It will ornament and assist them all. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 11 Some copies from the antique, which ornamented a cabinet of the Vivaldi palace. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xvi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 334 A man, formed to ornament, to enlighten, and to defend his country. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge iii. 251 He had ornamented his hat with a cluster of peacock's feathers. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 332 The fountains..shall be ornamented with plantations and buildings for beauty. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. x. 118 Ruth, when she had ornamented New York society, had made few real friends. 1978 Early Music 6 386/2 The example..suggests the possibility of freely ornamenting the melody at will. 2001 Oldie Dec. 37/3 A china cat ornamenting the fireplace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1225v.1650
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