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Definition of Adornment
1. Noun. A decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness.
Generic synonyms: Decoration, Ornament, Ornamentation
Derivative terms: Adorn
2. Noun. The action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting.
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
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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