Meanings
verbanorn (third-person singular simple present anorns, present participle anorning, simple past and past participle anorned)
present singular third person anorns · participle present anorning · participle past anorned · past anorned
- obsoleteTo adorn.
proclamation anorned the walls
1882, Thomas Ainge Devyr, The Odd Book of the Nineteenth Century
Origin
- Latinadornare“to adorn”
- Old Frenchaorner
- Englishanorn
From variant forms of Old French aorner, aourner (whence also enurny), from Latin adornare (“to adorn”).
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APA
anorn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anorn
MLA
“anorn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anorn. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anorn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anorn.
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