Definition of Adornment

1. Noun. A decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness.


2. Noun. The action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting.
Generic synonyms: Decoration
Derivative terms: Adorn

Definition of Adornment

1. n. An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.

Definition of Adornment

1. Noun. A decoration; that which adorns. ¹

2. Noun. The act of decorating. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adornment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adornment

adores
adorest
adoreth
adoring
adoringly
adorkable
adorn
adorn'd
adornation
adorned
adorned(p)
adorner
adorners
adorning
adorningly
adornment (current term)
adornments
adorns
ados
adosculation
adosterol
adown
adoxography
adoze
adpapers
adpeople
adperson
adpersons
adposition

Literary usage of Adornment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. What Women Want: An Interpretation of the Feminist Movement by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale (1914)
"They were subordinated to adornment, which was woman's one legitimate art, and—since she must live by pleasing— one of her prime necessities. ..."

2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1862)
"LANDSCAPE adornment. 29!) and persona impatient of fruit, and ambitious of the ... LANDSCAPE adornment.—NO. XXV. "THE LINE OF GRACE AND BEAUTY." BT OEO. ..."

3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"union of both is produced a lustrous and beautiful material which has been largely employed in the adornment of public buildings and palaces. ..."

4. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1900)
"We will now have a paper 0n "Home adornment," by Mrs. AD Barnes, of Waupaca. HOME adornment. The subject given me for this paper is "Home adornment. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The wealth of adornment runs the gamut of archaeology, history, mythology, allegory, poetry, music, the drama and the arts, but in the statues and busts, ..."

6. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1882)
"CLOTHING, FINERY AND PERSONAL adornment OF INDIANS. The Breech-cloth — Donning a "Biled" Shirt—How Little Raven "Received" — "Fixed up" for White ..."

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