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ornament
Part of speech: NounAnything that adorns or beautifies.
Part of speech: Verb Part of speech: Adjective Part of speech: AdverbOrnamentally.
Usage examples "ornament":- Thus the boy always loses and has to promise the girl something, either to give her an ornament or to take her on a pilgrimage, or to make her the mistress of his house. - "The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II", R. V. Russell.
- That which is advanced by way of supposition, is but the ornament of reasoning, while your gold has the more solid character of demonstration. - "The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas", James Fenimore Cooper.
- Hands are for use and not ornament. - "A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia", Amanda Minnie Douglas.