All 3 Uses of
adorn
in
The Prince and The Pauper
- His doublet and trunks were of rich material, but faded and threadbare, and their gold-lace adornments were sadly tarnished; his ruff was rumpled and damaged; the plume in his slouched hat was broken and had a bedraggled and disreputable look; at his side he wore a long rapier in a rusty iron sheath; his swaggering carriage marked him at once as a ruffler of the camp.†
Chpt 11adornments = decorations
- Stand forth, Yokel, Burns, and Hodge—show your adornments!†
Chpt 17 *
- —the late good King is but three weeks dead and three days in his grave, and already the adornments which he took such pains to select from prominent people for his noble bridge are falling.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
to decorate -- especially a person