All 11 Uses
ornate
in
The Alchemist, by Scott
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- Tendrils and wisps of green mist gathered in Fleming's palms, then curled in ornate patterns and drifted onto the floor, where they writhed like serpents.†
Chpt 2ornate = having lots of decorative detail
- Bookcases were shattered, shelves snapped in half, ornate prints and maps lay crushed on the floor.†
Chpt 3
- Josh caught a brief glimpse of ornate writing and geometric patterns on the thick yellowed pages as he followed Nick back into the bookshop.†
Chpt 3
- She rooted through her bag and pulled out a set of nunchaku two twelve-inch lengths of ornately carved wood linked by four and a half inches of chain.†
Chpt 12 *ornately = with much decorative detail
- Abruptly, the boars were everywhere, ten of them, eyes bright and intelligent, the coarse red hair on their backs and shoulders bristling in the late-afternoon light, long strings of ropey saliva dribbling from their ornately carved tusks.†
Chpt 14
- Although she was still tall, she stooped forward, picking her way around the branch, leaning into an ornately carved black stick that was at least as tall as Sophie.†
Chpt 17
- Flames froze, fire caught in ornate and intricate patterns, then spiderwebbed, like ice on the surface of a pond, and dissolved to sparkling dust.†
Chpt 29ornate = having lots of decorative detail
- Directly in front of him, to his right, a low, ornate white stone tower rose over the post office into the brilliant blue sky, while on the left, a row of shops was set back from the road, sheltered beneath a row of white stone arches.†
Chpt 33
- Tiny sparking tendrils of silver wrapped themselves around Scatty's fingers like ornate rings, and she shuddered.†
Chpt 33
- Dora turned her face in another direction and Flamel found himself looking at her reflection in an ornate silver-framed mirror.†
Chpt 35
- Every Friday, the Witch of Endor said significantly, and looked at Scatty again, but the Warrior deliberately turned away and concentrated on an ornate glass paperweight.†
Chpt 36
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)