Ornament

Noun

 * 1) An element of decoration.
 * 2) * 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves
 * ...I'm a bit short on brain myself; the old bean would appear to have been constructed more for ornament than for use
 * 1) A Christmas tree decoration
 * 2)  A musical flourish that are unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serve to decorate or "ornament" that line.

Related terms

 * ornate
 * ornamental
 * ornamentation

Verb

 * 1) To decorate.
 * We will ornament the windows with trim to make the room seem brighter.
 * 1) To add to.
 * The editor ornamented his plain writing, making it fancier but less clear.

Adjectives for Ornament
foliated; literary; lovely; sweet; Insipid; conspicuous; enviable; heraldic; wealthy; feather-inlaid; glittering; distinguished; appropriate; elaborate; characteristic; beseeming; wonted; vacant; simple; trifling; sculptured; complicated; meretricious; showy; fatal; bedecking; gold-embossed; historic; desirable; delightful; barbaric.

Verbs for Ornament
convert into—; discard—; fashion—; flourish—; strip off —s; —beautifies; — bedeck; —bedizens; —decorates; —embellishes; emblazons; —enriches; —furbishes; —garnishes ; —gilds; —glitters; —spangles ; — trims.

Thesaurus
acciaccatura, add, adjoin, adjunct, adorn, adornment, affix, agglutinate, anacrusis, annex, append, appoggiatura, arabesque, arrangement, array, asiaticism, attach, bass passage, beauties, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, blue ribbon, bonus, bourdon, bridge, burden, cadence, cadenza, chorus, coda, color, color patterns, coloratura, colors, colors of rhetoric, complicate, conjoin, convolute, cordon, cordon bleu, credit, dandify, deck, deck out, decor, decorate, decoration, decoration of honor, development, device, distinction, division, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, elaboration, elegant variation, embellish, embellishment, emblazon, emblazonment, emblazonry, embroider, embroidery, encumber, enrich, euphuism, exposition, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, festoon, fig out, figurative language, figurativeness, figure, figure of speech, filigree, filling, fillip, fine writing, fioritura, fix up, flight, floridity, floridness, flourish, flower, flower arrangement, floweriness, flowers of speech, flowery style, folderol, frill, furbish, furniture arrangement, garnish, garnishment, garniture, garter, gild, glory, glue on, gold star, grace, grace note, grand cordon, great honor, gussy up, harmonic close, hitch on, honor, illumination, image, imagery, incidental, incidental note, infix, interlude, intermezzo, introductory phrase, involve, join with, lagniappe, load with ornament, long mordent, lushness, luxuriance, manner of speaking, measure, mordent, movement, musical phrase, musical sentence, nonliterality, nonliteralness, order, ornamentation, overcharge, overlay, overload, padding, paint, part, passage, paste on, period, phrase, plus, postfix, pralltriller, prank, prank up, preen, prefix, premium, prettify, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, purple passage, purple patches, put with, red ribbon, redecorate, redo, refrain, refurbish, resolution, response, riband, ribbon, ritornello, roulade, run, saddle with, section, set off, set out, single mordent, slap on, smarten, smarten up, something extra, spruce up, stanza, star, statement, strain, stuffing, subjoin, suffix, superadd, superaddition, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, tailpiece, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim, trimming, trope, turn, turn of expression, tutti, tutti passage, twist, unite with, variation, varnish, verse, way of speaking, window dressing, wrinkle

Etymology
< ornament: <  ornement: <  ornamentum: < ornare:.

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese: 装饰品 (zhangshipin)
 * Finnish: koriste, koriste-esine, ornamentti
 * French:
 * German: Verzierung, Verzierungen
 * Greek: διακόσμηση, διακοσμήσεις
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ornamento
 * Japanese: 装飾 (soushoku)


 * Korean: 장신구
 * Latin: ornamentum (nominative singular), ornamenti (genitive singular), ornamenta (nominative plural), ornamentorum (genitive plural)
 * Pashto: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ornament
 * Russian: орнамент, орнаменты
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: ఆభరణం (aabharaNam), భూషణము (bhooshaNamu)


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 圣诞树上的装饰品


 * Hungarian:


 * Chinese: 音乐装饰品 (yinyue zhangshipin)
 * French: ornement musical, ornements musicaux
 * German: musikalische Verzierung, musikalische Verzierungen
 * Greek: μουσική διακόσμηση, μουσικές διακοσμήσεις
 * Italian: ornamenti, ornamento musicale , ornamenti musicali
 * Japanese: 音楽的な装飾 (ongakuteki na soushoku)


 * Korean: 음악 장신구
 * Latin: ornamentum musicalis
 * Romanian: ornament muzical
 * Russian: музыкальный орнамент, музыкальные орнаменты
 * Spanish: ornamento musical


 * : 裝飾品, 音樂裝飾品

Verb

 * Armenian:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Scottish Gaelic: sgeadaich


 * Finnish:


 * Scottish Gaelic: sgeadaich