ornament

Meanings

Noun

• An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
• A Christmas tree decoration.
• A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.
• The articles used in church services.
• A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)

Verb

• To decorate.
• To add to.

Related

Similar words

• adorn, bedeck, decorate, embellish, trim

Origin

• From Middle English ornament, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum ("equipment, apparatus, furniture, trappings, adornment, embellishment"), from ornāre, present active infinitive of ornō. The verb is derived from the noun.