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exornate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-or-nate
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To embellish, adorn, decorate.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Latin exōrnātus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

exornates (present, singular) exornating (participle, present) exornated (participle, past) exornated (past)

Questions

What does exornate mean?
To embellish, adorn, decorate.
Where does exornate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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