Meanings
noun
- archaicDecoration; ornamentation.
if you haue regard to their ornature , how manie mines of sundrie kinds of course & fine marble are there to be had in England ?
1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinornatura
- Englishornature
From Latin ornatura.
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ornature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornature
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