ornify

O1R1N1I1F4Y4

verb

To ornament.

OriginLatin ōrnāre →
Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbornify (third-person singular simple present ornifies, present participle ornifying, simple past and past participle ornified)

present singular third person ornifies · participle present ornifying · participle past ornified · past ornified

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo ornament.

    Mist' Abram, he done went an' bought dis here paycock blue ca'fsmere and dis cream lace fo' to ornify me fo' de weddin' […]

    1902, Werner's Readings and Recitations, page 190
    1 more example

    You marryed wiues, that are ornified with honestie, wisedome, and vertue, I doe acknowledge you to be the glory of your husbands.

    quoted in 1844, Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages (page 12)

Origin

  1. Latinōrnāre“to adorn, to decorate”
  2. Englishornify

From Latin ōrnāre (“to adorn, to decorate”) + -ify.

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

ornify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornify

MLA

“ornify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ornify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornify.

Source: ornify on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.