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adorned en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈdɔːnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /əˈdɔɹnd/ (General-American)
Meanings
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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
Deriveds
unadorned · nonadorned
Hyponyms
festooned
adorned en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /əˈdɔːnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /əˈdɔɹnd/ (General-American)
Meanings
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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of adorn