definition of the word ornament

< Middle English ornament < Old French ornement < Latin ornamentum (“‘equipment, apparatus, furniture, trappings, adornment, embellishment’”) < ornare (“‘to equip, adorn’”).

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ornament (plural ornaments)

1. An element of decoration.
   • 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves

     ...I'm a bit short on brain myself; the old bean would appear to have been constructed more for ornament than for use

2. A Christmas tree decoration
3. (music) A musical flourish that are unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serve to decorate or "ornament" that line.

• ornate
• ornamental
• ornamentation

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