All 13 Uses
ornate
in
A Clash of Kings
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- A pair of squires buckled the prince into his ornate silver-and-crimson armor.†
p. 47.9 *ornate = having lots of decorative detail
- The best berths had been taken by the largest vessels: Stannis's flagship Fury rocking between Lord Steffon and Stag of the Sea, Lord Velaryon's silver-hulled Pride of Driftmark and her three sisters, Lord Celtigar's ornate Red Claw, the ponderous Swordfish with her long iron prow.†
p. 151.7
- He was a stout man with a manticore on his shield, and ornate scrollwork crawling across his steel breastplate.†
p. 221.2
- Over the door swung an ornate lamp, a globe of gilded metal and scarlet glass.†
p. 236.7
- From behind an ornate Myrish screen carved with flowers and fancies and dreaming maidens, they peered unseen into a common room where an old man was playing a cheerful air on the pipes.†
p. 237.6
- "If you see here anything that you would desire, 0 most beautiful of women, you have only to speak and it is yours," Xaro called down from his ornate horned saddle.†
p. 424.5
- Tyrion pounded until the ornate bronze eye clacked open.†
p. 452.6
- Joffrey stood in the center of the throng, winding an ornate crossbow.†
p. 486.5
- Descendants of the ancient kings and queens of Qarth, the Pureborn commanded the Civic Guard and the fleet of ornate galleys that ruled the straits between the seas.†
p. 575.4
- He took Black Betha between them, and struck a glancing blow at Queen Cersei's ornate carved-and-gilded pleasure barge, laden with soldiers instead of sweetmeats now.†
p. 832.6
- As they passed the long stone quays reserved for the ships of the Thirteen, she saw chests of saffron, frankin cense, and pepper being off-loaded from Xaro's ornate Vermillion Kiss.†
p. 877.1
- THE LANDS OF THE TRIDENT, said the ornate script beneath the map.†
p. 894.6
- He came back with a flagon of pale amber wine and a small silvered looking glass in an ornate golden frame.†
p. 939.1
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)