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or•nate
Pronunciation: (ôr-nāt'), [key]—
adj.
1. elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
2. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown:
an ornate style of writing. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.