Both Uses of
adorn
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- Her face, unadorned, was delicate, finely boned; her cheeks, her lips, were flushed pale pink.†
p. 77.8unadorned = 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.
- May baskets, woven of paper and filled with spring flowers, adorned each plate.†
p. 142.2 *adorned = decorated
Definition:
to decorate -- especially a person