Definition of Ornament

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Definition of Ornament
	Ornament That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment. To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city. Related Definitions: Adorn, Adornment, As, Beautify, Beauty, City, Deck, Decoration, Embellish, Embellishment, Grace, Or, Ornament, Room, That, To, Which

Ornament Quotations

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
Mohandas Gandhi

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Aristotle

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
Aristotle

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
Edmund Burke

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
Joseph Addison

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?
John Ruskin

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.
Igor Stravinsky

Silence is an ornament for women.
Sophocles

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.
Alanis Morissette

Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
Titus Maccius Plautus

Ornament Translations

ornament in Afrikaans is sieraad
ornament in Danish is dekoration
ornament in Dutch is versieren
ornament in German is Verzierung, Zierde
ornament in Italian is ornamento
ornament in Latin is ornatus
ornament in Spanish is alhaja, ornamento
ornament in Swedish is prydnad, smycke, sira, dekoration

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