Definition of ornateness Ornateness

or•nate•ness

We found 5 definitions of ornateness from 4 different sources.

What does ornateness mean?

Noun Plural: ornatenesses
ornateness - an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated
		elaborateness
		visual aspect, appearance the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"
		flamboyance, floridity, floridness, showiness extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great flamboyance"
ornateness - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"
		grandiosity, magniloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric
		expressive style, style a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
		flourish (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"