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    over-ornate

    adjective

    • 1. excessively ornate: "one of those over-ornate Vienna coffee houses"

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  2. Definition. Entries Near. Show more. Save Word. overornate. adjective. over· ornate. ¦ōvə (r)+. : unduly or excessively ornate. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.

  3. having a lot of complicated decoration: a room with an ornate ceiling and gold mirrors. mainly disapproving. Language that is ornate contains too many complicated words or phrases: Some students are put off studying his work because of the ornate language of the poetry. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  4. Find 215 synonyms for over-ornate and other similar words that you can use instead from our thesaurus.

  5. overornate ( comparative more overornate, superlative most overornate) Excessively ornate. Categories: English terms prefixed with over-. English lemmas. English adjectives.

  6. An ornate building, piece of furniture, or object is decorated with complicated patterns or shapes. ...an ornate iron staircase. ...the big dining-room with its massive fireplace and ornate ceiling.

  7. ornate. adjective. /ɔːˈneɪt/. /ɔːrˈneɪt/. covered with a lot of decoration, especially when this involves very small or complicated designs. a mirror in an ornate gold frame. This style is a little too ornate for my taste. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.

  8. Definition. ornate in style. He was a baroque figure dressed in theatrical, but elegant, clothes. Synonyms. ornate, fancy, bizarre, elegant, decorated, elaborate, extravagant, flamboyant, grotesque,