Ormuzd
(||Or"muzd) n. [Zend Ahuramazda.] The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion.
See Ahriman.
Orn
(Orn) v. t. To ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] Joye.
Ornament
(Or"na*ment) n. [OE. ornement, F. ornement, fr. L. ornamentum, fr. ornare to adorn.]
That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.
The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.
1 Pet. iii. 4.
Like that long-buried body of the king
Found lying with his urns and ornaments.
Tennyson. Ornament
(Or"na*ment) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ornamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Ornamenting.] To adorn; to
deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city.
Syn. — See Adorn.
Ornamental
(Or`na*men"tal) a. [Cf. F. ornemental.] Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing.
Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.
Sir T.
Browne. Ornamentally
(Or`na*men"tal*ly), adv. By way of ornament.
Ornamentation
(Or`na*men*ta"tion) n.
1. The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.
2. That which ornaments; ornament. C. Kingsley.
Ornamenter
(Or"na*ment*er) n. One who ornaments; a decorator.
Ornate
(Or*nate") a. [L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn.]
1. Adorned; decorated; beautiful. "So bedecked, ornate, and gay." Milton.
2. Finely finished, as a style of composition.
A graceful and ornate rhetoric.
Milton. Ornate
(Or*nate"), v. t. To adorn; to honor. [R.]
They may ornate and sanctify the name of God.
Latimer. Ornately
(Or*nate"ly), adv. In an ornate manner. Sir T. More.
Ornateness
(Or*nate"ness), n. The quality of being ornate.
Ornature
(Or"na*ture) n. [L. ornatura.] Decoration; ornamentation. [R.] Holinshed.
Ornithic
(Or*nith"ic) a. [Gr. a bird.] Of or pertaining to birds; as, ornithic fossils. Owen.
Ornithichnite
(Or`nith*ich"nite) n. [Ornitho- + Gr. track.] (Paleon.) The footmark of a bird occurring in
strata of stone. Hitchcock.
Ornithichnology
(Or`nith*ich*nol"o*gy) n. [Ornitho- + ichnology.] (Paleon.) The branch of science
which treats of ornithichnites. Hitchcock.
