Meanings
nounexornation (plural exornations)
plural exornations
- obsoleteornament; decoration; embellishment (physically, or relating to prose)
Hyperbolical exornations […] many much affect.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinexornatio
- Englishexornation
From Latin exornatio, from exornare. See ornate.
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exornation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exornation
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