Both Uses of
adorn
in
The Lords of Discipline
- When I first saw the unadorned architecture of the Institute, I thought it was unrelievedly ugly.†
Chpt 1.1unadorned = not decoratedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unadorned means not and reverses the meaning of adorned. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- It was an extravagant adornment for the evening.†
Chpt 4.31 *adornment = decoration
Definition:
to decorate -- especially a person