Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ornateness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-nate-ness
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being ornate.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"From the prevailing colonial perspective, the English of the babus was error-ridden and characterised by over-elaborate ornateness, and for these ‘transgressions’ it became the butt of native-speaker ridicule."

Etymology

Etymology tree English ornate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ornateness From ornate + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ornatenesses (plural)

Synonyms

elaborateness grandiosity magniloquence grandiloquence rhetoric

Questions

What does ornateness mean?: The state of being ornate.
Where does ornateness come from?: Etymology tree English ornate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ornateness From ornate + -ness.

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