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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

Wearing a design by Gucci, Johnson’s dress included a sheer fabric with ornate botanical embroidery throughout.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
But if the sirens came during the day, then Booth, clad in her olive-green uniform, would remain at her post in an ornate building across the street from the Palais de L’Élysée.

— April White, JSTOR Daily, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of ornate

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Post-ballet, Sorbara will walk ten blocks south of Lincoln Center for a borscht martini at Russian Samovar, where, fittingly, the walls are adorned with pictures of Baryshnikov.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026
The centerpiece of the look was her cutout dress and its plunging neckline adorned with intricate metallic sequin detailing.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of adorned

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Linn’s, decorated with vintage bikes mounted along its high walls, lived up to the hype.

— David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
But the couple were happy in their little cottage in the small hamlet of Lee-on-the-Solent, which Leigh decorated in her famously romantic style.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of decorated

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Isaacs, usually draped in black slacks and tee, travels from Palm Beach and Broward County theaters, libraries and auditoriums in person and to Zoom classes some four to six times a week.

— Norma A. Orovitz, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
But from a searingly hot and tense Riyadh, draped in its green flags and patriotic banners, Saudi Arabia’s problem seems very much like America’s problem too.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of draped

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Nude illusion looks — often ornamented with glitter, feathers, and other Mackie motifs — became a staple look for the designer.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
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

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