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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

adorned en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /əˈdɔːnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /əˈdɔɹnd/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments).
    • Sit downe by her: adorned with my Crowne, As if thou wert the Empreſſe of the world. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:

Forms

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more adorned Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most adorned Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unadorned · nonadorned

Hyponyms

festooned

adorned en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /əˈdɔːnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /əˈdɔɹnd/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of adorn
    form of adorn