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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

neither use nor ornament en · ADJ

Etymology

Implying that the subject has neither practical nor aesthetic value.

Meanings

  1. (UK, colloquial, euphemistic, not-comparable, of a person) Useless.
    • Where is that lad? He's neither use nor ornament!