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Definitions: Adornment |
AdornmentNoun1. A decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness. 2. The action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "adornment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Etymology: Adornment \A*dorn"ment\ (-ment), noun. [Compare to Old French adornement. See Adorn.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ornament | Noun: ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art; ornature, ornateness; adornment, decoration, embellishment; architecture; jewelry; a. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Adornment |
| English words defined with "adornment": Adornation, Attirement ♦ beauty spot, blunt ♦ cordon, crude ♦ diamante, dry ♦ epaulet, epaulette ♦ false hair, fob, frontal, frontlet ♦ garnish ♦ hairpiece, Honestation ♦ jewellery, jewelry ♦ passementerie, pectoral, pectoral medallion, pendant, postiche ♦ sequin, spangle, stark ♦ tassel, trim, trimming ♦ war paint, wear, wearing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "adornment": windoid. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "adornment": Honestation ♦ mundane. (references) |
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| "Adornment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Adornment" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 50 | 48,117 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "adornment". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Adah | Female | Biblical | An adornment |
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Ending with "adornment": lawn-adornment, self-adornment. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
body adornment | 29 |
adornment | 21 |
adornment bathroom | 12 |
adornment ritual | 7 |
adornment hair | 7 |
adornment beaded beaded beer bracelet crystal czech earring fine glass jewelry kendal necklace swarovski | 4 |
adornment nipple | 2 |
adornment uncommon | 2 |
adornment breast | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "adornment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | sieraad (decoration, ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zbukurim (beautifying, decoration, embellishment, embroidery, enrichment, fallal, festoon, finery, flower, garnish, garniture, glorification, inlay, marquetry, onlay, ornament, ornamentation, rosace, set off, titivation), zbukuri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تزيين (decoration, embellishment, garland, ornament, ornamentation, tooling), زينة (embellishment, garnish, gaud, ornament, pompon, topping, trimming), زخرفة (blazonry, decor, decoration, embellishment, embroidery, enrichment, fussiness, garniture, illustration, ornament, ornamentation, ornateness, scenery, scroll). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | украсяване (decoration, embellishment, embroidery, ornamentation, titivation), украса (decking, decoration, dressing, embellishment, embroidery, flower, fretwork, gilding, ornament, set off, trappings), украшение (bibelot, decoration, fallal, figuration, garnish, garniture, knick knack, ornament, ornamentation, set off, trimming), окичване, накит (decoration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 装饰物 (widget), 裝 (adorn, clothing, costume, dress), 妝 (adorn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ozdoba (decorate, decoration, garnish, grace, ornament, topping, trim), okrasa (decoration, ornament, trappings). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dekoration (decor, decoration, ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tooisel (decoration, ornament), sieraad (decoration, ornament), decoratie (decor, decoration, order, ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ornamaĵo (decoration, ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | koristus (decoration, finery, ornament), kaunistus (embellishment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ornement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zier, Verzierung (decoration, embellishment, flourish, garnish, garnishment, grace, ornament, ornamentation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κόσμημα (bijou, flourish, gem, jewel, ornament, vignette), στολισμόσ (arrayal, decoration, titivation, trimming), στολίδι (bijou, gaud, jewel, ornament, tog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יפוי (beautification, embellishment), תכשיט (decoration, jewel, ornament), שפריר (beauty, canopy, pavilion), קשוט (decoration, Garland, garnish, jewel, ornament, ornamentation), פרכוס (decoration, embellishment, make up), פרח (blossom, flower, novice, tyro), ""ור (adorned, elegance, elegant, embellishment, finery, glorious, honouring, luxe, ornamentation, splendid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | díszítés (décor, decoration, embellishment, enrichment, fancywork, fantasy, ornament, ornamentation, piping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dandanan (clothing, equipment, make up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | abbellimento (décor, embellishment, titivation), ornamento (decoration, ornament, scenery), decorazione (décor, decoration, garnishment, ornamentation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 修飾 (decoration, embellishment, modification, ornamentation, polish up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅうしょく (autumn scenery, decoration, embellishment, finding employment, inauguration, modification, ornamentation, polish up, worried look). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jesheenaghey (adorn, bedeck, decorate, dress, embellish, emblazon, garnish, painting, painting trade, prank, preen, renovation, set, titivate), jesheen (ornament, trinket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adornmentay ornamento (boss, finery, flower, ornament, pretty, set off), adorno (attire, braid, embroidery, facing, finery, finesse, garniture, ornament, set off, tire). (various references) podoabã (caparison, garnish, livery, ornament, rep, set off, setting off), ornare, ornamentare (decoration, ornamentation), ornamentaţie (garniture, ornamentation, trimming, work), ornament (boss, ornament), înfrumuseţare (beautification, cosmetology, embellishment, enrichment, glorification), împodobire (adorning, decking-out, decoration). (various references) украшение (adorner, beautification, decoration, embellishment, fallal, fal-lal, garnish, knick knack, molding, moulding, ornament, ornamentation, prettification, set off, trim). (various references) ukras (decoration, fallal, flourish, garnish, ornament), kićenje (ornamentation). (various references) alhaja (decoration, jewel, ornament, pip), adorno (deck, decoration, dedication, fallals, fixture, garnish, garnishee, motif, ornament, trimming). (various references) prydnad (decking, decoration, ornament), prydande (decoration, decorative). (various references) süsleme (décor, decoration, embellishment, enrichment, figuration, grace, grace note, ornament, ornamentation, trim, trimming), süs (apparel, attire, decoration, embellishment, embroidery, encrustation, enrichment, facings, falbala, falbelo, fancy, finery, flamboyance, flourish, flower, frill, frippery, garnish, garnishment, garniture, get up, make up, ornament, ornamental, ornamentation, scrimshaw, setoff, setout, trim, trimming), güzelleştirme, donatma (equipping, rigging, supplying), dekor (décor, get up, scene, scenery, setting). (various references) юaя (decoration, embellishment), haюam (decoration). (various references) прикраса (apparel, attire, beauty, bijou, decking, decoration, embellishment, embroidery, fallal, garnish, garniture, Nick nack, ornament, outset, pretty, quip, set off). (various references) sự trang trí (ornamentation), sự trang ho ng đ" trang điểm, sự tô điểm, đ" trang trí (garniture, ornament). (various references) addurniad (ornament), addurn (ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 1. unug. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "adornment": adornments. (additional references) | |
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"Adornment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adorenment, adorment, attornment. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "adornment" (pronounced udô"rnmunt) |
| 5 | -n m u n t | abandonment, adjournment, alignment, apportionment, arraignment, assignment, atonement, attainment, confinement, consignment, containment, discernment, disillusionment, enlightenment, entertainment, environment, imprisonment, infotainment, internment, misgovernment, nongovernment, postponement, realignment, reapportionment, reassignment, refinement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjustment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, argument, armament, arrangement, assessment, assortment, astonishment, attachment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, reappointment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-m-n-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: nonrated, normande, ornament. | |
-2 letters: donnert, dormant, madrone, moneran, montane, mordant, mordent, nonmeat, remnant, tonearm. | |
-3 letters: ardent, atoned, atoner, daemon, damner, donate, dreamt, enamor, manned, manner, marted, marten, matron, mentor, moaned, moaner, moated, modern, natron, nonart, normed, omenta, orated, ornate, radome, random, ranted, remand, roamed, rodent, rodman, rodmen, tandem, tanned, tanner, tendon, tonner. | |
-4 letters: admen, adore, adorn, amend, ament, amort, anent, anode, anted, antre, armed, armet, atone, dater, demon, denar, derat, derma, donna, donne, doter, dream, drone, enorm, madre, maned, manor, mated, mater, meant, menad, menta, metro, monad, monde, monte, morae, named, namer, nomad, nomen, nonet, noted, noter, oared, oaten, oater, orate, oread, radon, ramen, ramet, rated, redan, redon, reman, roman, tamed, tamer, tardo, tared, tenon, tenor, toman, toned, toner, tonne, trade, tread, trend, trode, trona, trone. | |
-5 letters: aeon, aero, amen, anon, ante, atom, dame, damn, dare, darn, dart, date, dato, dean, dear, demo, dent, derm, doat, doer, dome, dona, done, dore, dorm, dote, dram, drat, earn, etna, made, mane, mano, mare, mart, mate, mead, mean, meat, mend, meno, meta, moan, moat, mode, mora, more, morn, mort, mote, name, nard, near, neat, nema, neon, nerd, node, noma, nome, nona, none, norm, nota, note, odea, omen, omer, orad, rand, rant, rate, rato, read, ream, redo, rend, rent, road, roam, roan, rode, rota, rote, tame, tare, tarn, taro, team, tear, tend, term, tern, toad, toea, toed, tome, tone, tora, tore, torn, trad, tram, trod. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-m-n-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: adornments, antimodern, ordainment, ornamented. | |
+2 letters: adjournment, antimoderns, countermand, denominator, ordainments, predominant, renominated. | |
+3 letters: adjournments, condemnatory, countermands, denominators, midafternoon, overdominant, prenominated, unornamented. | |
+4 letters: antimodernist, counterdemand, countermanded, demonstrating, demonstration, determination, documentarian, midafternoons, modernisation, modernization, nondemocratic, predominantly, predominating, predomination, preordainment, untransformed. | |
+5 letters: aforementioned, antimodernists, arrondissement, counterdemands, countermanding, decontaminator, demonstrations, determinations, documentarians, indemonstrable, indemonstrably, intermediation, modernisations, modernizations, nondocumentary, overornamented, predominations, preordainments, recommendation, recontaminated, tridimensional, unromanticized. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 6F 72 6E 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. --- .-. -. -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01101111 01110010 01101110 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d o r n m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 006F 0072 006E 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357081848079718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Derived from 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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