单词 | adornation |
释义 | † adorˈnation Obs. [n. of action f. L. adōrnāt- ppl. stem of adōrnāre: see adorn. As if ad. L. *adōrnātiōn-em.] The act of adorning; also that with which anything is adorned; adornment, decoration; ornament.
1597J. King Fun. Serm. in Comm. on Jonah (1864) 320 Making show to the world, under his glorious adornations, that he is of some better substance. 1616T. Adams Pract. Wks. (1861) II. 439 Fair monuments of her beauty and adornation. 1631Markham Way to Wealth 3. ii. ii. (1668) 87 They are so useful for adornation. 1676Bullokar, Adornation, a decking or trimming. [So 1721 in Bailey. 1775Ash, ‘Not much used.’] |

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