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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary or·na·ment
\\ˈȯr-nə-mənt\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French urnement, ornement, from Latin ornamentum, from ornare DATE 13th century 1. archaic : a useful accessory 2. a. something that lends grace or beauty b. a manner or quality that adorns 3. one whose virtues or graces add luster to a place or society 4. the act of adorning or being adorned 5. an embellishing note not belonging to the essential harmony or melody — called also embellishment, fioritura
\\-ˌment\\ transitive verb DATE 1656 : to provide with ornament : embellish Synonyms: see adorn English Etymology ornament ornament (n.) early 13c., "an accessory," from O.Fr . ornement, from L.ornamentum "equipment, trappings, embellishment," from ornare"equip, adorn" (see ornate). Meaning "decoration, embellishment" is attested from late 14c. The verb is first recorded 1720, from the noun.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ornament or·na·ment noun/ 5C:nEmEnt; NAmE 5C:rn- / (formal) 1. [C] an object that is used as decoration in a room, garden / yard, etc. rather than for a particular purpose 装饰品: a china / glass ornament 瓷器/玻璃装饰品 2. [C] (formal) an object that is worn as jewellery 首饰；饰物 3. [U] (formal) the use of objects, designs, etc. as decoration 装饰；摆设；点缀: The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more. 这架时钟纯属摆设,它再也不走了。 4. [C] (NAmE) ~ to sth a person or thing whose good qualities improve sth 为…增添光彩的人(或事物): The building is an ornament to the city. 这座建筑物为整个城市增色不少。 verb/ 5C:nEment; NAmE 5C:rn- / [VN] [usually passive] (formal) to add decoration to sth 装饰；点缀；美化 SYN decorate :
a room richly ornamented with carving 雕饰得富丽堂皇的屋子 OLT ornament noun ⇨ ornament (china ornaments)⇨ decoration (simply for ornament) ornament verb ⇨ decorate Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged or·na·ment I. \ˈȯ(r)nəmənt\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English ornament, ornement, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum, from ornare to furnish, embellish + -mentum -ment — more at ornate 1. archaic : a useful accessory (as of clothing, furniture) : adjunct ; especially : an article or object used in a church service2. a. : something that lends grace or beauty : a decorative part or addition : a structural component or applied detail that embellishes < the profiles and the carved ornaments of the moldings — D.S.Robertson > b. : a manner, quality, or trait that adorns or beautifies < the various devices of poetical ornament — Encyc. Americana> 3. : a person whose virtues or graces add luster to his place, time, or society < the greatest teachers and ornaments of our species — T.L.Peacock > < the greatest mathematician of his age and an ornament of the academies of Berlin and St. Petersburg — Paul Koelner > 4. : the act of adorning or beautifying : decoration , ornamentation < indulged in excessive ornament > 5. : an embellishing note or notes (as a trill, appoggiatura, mordent) not belonging to the essential musical harmony or melody and indicated by the composer or especially in the 16th to 18th centuries introduced by the performer for a decorative effect : grace — called also embellishment, fiorituraII. \-ˌment, -_mənt — see -ment II\ transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s) : to provide with ornament : decorate , embellish < touched nothing that he did not ornament with his learning and injure with his theories — Harvey Graham > Synonyms: see adorn |
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