unornamented en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English ornamented English unornamented From un- + ornamented.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not ornamented; without ornament.
The many repetitions of unornamented locomotor movement describing great diagonals do eventually wear.
1988 April 29, Cerinda Survant, “The Invisible Dancer”, in Chicago Reader:Well, I lay it down, first, that a book quite unornamented can look actually and positively beautiful, and not merely un-ugly, if it be, so to say, architecturally good, which, by the by, need not add much to its price […]
1893, William Morris, The Ideal Book:
Deriveds
Synonyms
spartan · undecked · unadorned · chaste · ungarnished · unadorned · unextravagant · austere · severe · modest · unvarnished · untrimmed · simple · inornate · unornamented · unembellished · quiet · unembellished · bare · plain