Definition of "ornamentation" []

• The act or process of decorating, adorning, or embellishing. (noun)
• The state of being decorated, adorned, or embellished. (noun)
• Something that decorates or adorns; an embellishment. (noun)

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• "The sixth proposition above stated, that _Gothic ornamentation is nobler than Greek ornamentation_, etc., is therefore sufficiently proved by the acceptance of this one principle, no less important than unassailable."
• "“Modern ornamentation is a burlesque of the beautiful, as pitiful as it is costly."
• "Gold ornamentation is to be seen in the rafter work and the entire length of tunnel has 33,345,567,863,426,875,678 stained wooden steps of which five are in need of repair."