Both Uses of
ornate
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- I'm thinking of those mothers today in their ornate dresses and their vacant lives.†
Chpt 27 *ornate = having lots of decorative detail
- Below me London spreads out like a lady's fan, ornate and delicate.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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)
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)