All 4 Uses of
ornate
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- An ornate opal necklace was visible, poking out of the paper.†
Chpt 12 *
- The room was crowded and stuffy and bathed in the red light cast by an ornate golden lamp dangling from the center of the ceiling in which real fairies were fluttering, each a brilliant speck of light.†
Chpt 15
- "Slytherin's mark," he said quietly, as the light played upon an ornate, serpentine S. "That's right!" said Hepzibah, delighted, apparently, at the sight of Voldemort gazing at her locket, transfixed.†
Chpt 20
- This was neither as large as the locket he remembered seeing in the Pensieve, nor were there any markings upon it, no sign of the ornate S that was supposed to be Slytherins mark.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(ornate) of a thing: having lots of decorative detail
of speech: more complicated than necessary because of unusual words and phrases (fans might call it flowery or finely finished, but most would call it too complicated or showy)