All 4 Uses
adorn
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Legend, by Marie Lu
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- There are twelve velvet chairs arranged in a circle, and in each sits an official in full black uniform, his or her shoulders adorned with shining gold epaulettes, sipping from delicate glasses.†
p. 178.8adorned = decorated
- I remember the panel that questioned me—a group of six psychiatrists—and the official who'd led them, the man named Chian, who had a uniform adorned with medals.†
p. 195.5 *
- Simple makeup adorns her face, and her hair is flawless in its high ponytail.†
p. 284.2adorns = decorates
- June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible.†
p. 299.7unadorned = 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.
Definitions:
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(1)
(adorn) to decorate -- especially a person
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)