Ornateness: alternatives and connections

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.

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A contrivance for clapping in theaters.

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The quality of being florid; floridness.

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The quality of being florid.

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To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.

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The quality of being fussy.

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A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.

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To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation…

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The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.

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Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance;…

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Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance;…

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Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.

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Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.

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The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.

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The state or quality of being grandiose,

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The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.

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The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.

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