ornateness

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Noun
  • Corinthian columns, with their acanthus leaves and richer ornament, signal display, monumentality, and theatrical grandeur.
    Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 6 May 2026
  • Their grandeur and immensity manage to surprise us even in an age when humans are building larger and larger things.
    Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • Yet all around the struggling center of Ross’ kingdom is opulence, wealth, success.
    Greg Cote May 7, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
  • With its mermaid-style skirt, full sleeves, furry collar and panache of tall black feathers on a crowning headpiece, the ensemble was a callback to the opulence of the 1920s, Cowan said, finished off with 255,000 crystals and beads.
    Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • The burger is finished with pepper Jack cheese for richness and a bit more bite.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • Co-produced by visionary Spanish helmer El Guincho (of Rosalía and FKA Twigs fame) TURR4ZO is darkly hued and cinematic, infused by dozens of brilliant samples that pay tribute to the richness of Argentina’s music culture.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • In the sumptuousness of the bibliophile’s parlor, studying Black history occasioned reverent, joyous gatherings.
    Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Beading, feathers, and pony-hair textures bring sumptuousness to ballet flats, clutches, and ladylike handbags, while plush textures give cloud-like softness to pumps and and tote bags.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Mosaic magnificence Fine art and mosaic design come together on the patio of this Massachusetts residence, which features stainless-steel appliances under a mosaic installation created with half-inch vitreous glass.
    Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The film’s press campaign has, quite reasonably, played up the magnificence of Skarsgård’s body in leather and winked at the transgressiveness on display.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Of course, Carly’s kitsch far outdid her neighbors’ in its oddness, luridness, lavishness.
    Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • Despite the buildings’ lavishness, the plastics meeting is in a downstairs space that’s less Dubai bling than basic corporate nice.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The comic luxuriance of Roman references should not blind us to the significance of these constant appeals to the Roman Republic and to classical virtue.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • In 2018, timed to the hotel's 25th anniversary, a major $60 million renovation by Didier Lefort, one of Hill’s co-collaborators, brought a fresh, timeless elegance up to the present moment without ever diluting its true attraction—the rainforest.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
  • Nia Long exuded timeless elegance for her Met Gala debut, stepping onto the carpet in her signature natural glam.
    Essence, Essence, 6 May 2026
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“Ornateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ornateness. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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