emblazoned
/ɛmblˈeɪzənd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Adorned with prominent markings or ornamentation.
adj
adj
Having been extolled; celebrated.
verb
simple past and past participle of emblazon
Example Sentences
- "What strength conceives a more emblazoned portal Around this travailing earth, around her courses mortal!"
- "She had often thought how the morning sun made that particular stretch of road look shiny just after dawn—her own "yellow brick road," only it wasn't made of brick. And today it was more emblazoned than usual."
- "In the absence of fixed lines, angles, grids, or material forms, light itself is architectural and provides the "idea of order" that he seeks: "Fixing emblazoned zones and fiery poles, /Arranging, deepening, enchanting night.”"
- "It is somewhat like St. Paul's inside but is more emblazoned."
- "The king's coach was heavier and more emblazoned with ornament than the others, and carried on its top a globe, which once had a meaning."
- "The elder friends had sociably revolved there while the younger ones followed bolder fancies in the admirable equipage appointed to Milly at the hotel—a heavier, more emblazoned, more amusing chariot than she had ever, with “stables" notoriously mismanaged, known at home;"
Inflected Forms
more emblazoned (comparative)
most emblazoned (superlative)