ornateness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being ornate. countable,uncountable
    — From the prevailing colonial perspective, the English of the babus was error-ridden and characterised by over-elaborate ornateness, and for these ‘transgressions’ it became the butt of native-speaker ridicule.

词形变化

ornatenesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English ornate
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English ornateness
From ornate + -ness.
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