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adjective

as in ornate

elaborately and often excessively decorated a bedizened dress that looked more like a Christmas tree than an article of clothing

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bedizened

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verb

past tense of bedizen

as in adorned

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming an elderly actress bedizening herself with makeup and jewelry

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Adjective

Many of the 76 rooms and suites include private terraces overlooking Gran Via with the upper floor rooms facing the ornate gold dome of the Metropolis, one of Madrid’s most famous buildings.

— Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026
Maximalist Garden Design Similar to interior design, the Rococo aesthetic, with its ornate and romantic details, is taking over garden design.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of ornate

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Standard Chartered, whose branding has adorned the club’s shirts since the bank replaced brewer Carlsberg in 2010, currently pay Liverpool around £50m per season.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Lightning McQueen’s best friend Mater gets a detailed Adizero Impact 2 Mid colorway that’s adorned with rust and patina-like details throughout its Mesa brown upper.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of adorned

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It’s decorated with symbols and art reminiscent of the Triforce, the golden, in-game relic that can grant any wish.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
Yellow tentacles decorated with rhythmic patterns of dots swirl around a room, the patterns echoed on the floor and the walls.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of decorated

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The American walks into a meeting room in Las Vegas’ New York-New York hotel, dressed in bold pink tracksuit bottoms, with the WBC welterweight title belt draped over his shoulder, talking as fast as his fists fly.

— Chris McKenna, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
However, my hands-down favorite was the new Apple Watch Hermès Series 12 (starting at $1,399), draped in radiant gold titanium.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of draped

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Their lives were recorded in the form of hagiographies, stories of the saints, often ornamented with folkloric motifs, focusing on marvelous adventures and miraculous doings.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Its midnight-blue glass was by Waltersperger, and it comes ornamented with a sculpture of two inseparable birds by Desrues.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 26 May 2026

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