Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of adorn
nounadorning (plural adornings)
plural adornings
- archaicAn adornment.
Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i’ the eyes, And made their bends adornings […]
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]1 more example
The Text speaks of it, as an Adorning, much more excellent and valuable than Gold, or Pearls, or the most costly Array […]
1699, Matthew Henry, chapter 2, in A Discourse Concerning Meekness and Quietness of Spirit, London: Thomas Parkhurst, page 47
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