All 3 Uses
ornate
in
The Merchant of Death
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- I could make out ornate mosaic tile work on the walls that must have been beautiful when new, but was now a mess of grimy cracks that looked like a giant, dirty spiderweb.†
*ornate = having lots of decorative detail
- I realized briefly that this corridor was more ornate than any we had seen so far.†
- This person was seated on a large, ornate throne that was decorated with cut pieces of glaze.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(ornate) highly decorative or elaborate in style — whether in appearance (with lots of detail) or in language that sounds flowery and overly complicated
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)