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decorative

English

Etymology

From Latin decor?tus + -ive. Cognate with French décoratif.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?d?k??t?v/

Adjective

decorative (comparative more decorative, superlative most decorative)

  1. That serves to decorate

Translations

Noun

decorative (plural decoratives)

  1. A plant, tile, etc. intended for use as decoration.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.ko.ra?ti.ve/
  • Hyphenation: de?co?ra?tì?ve

Adjective

decorative

  1. feminine plural of decorativo

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quillwork

English

Etymology

quill +? work

Noun

quillwork (countable and uncountable, plural quillworks)

  1. Decorative textile embellishment made from porcupine quills by certain Native Americans.
    • 2013, Jeffrey D. Anderson, Arapaho Women's Quillwork: Motion, Life, and Creativity (page 61)
      On the each end was a leanback made of willow rods tied together in a tapered trapezoidal form set at an angle. Covers of buffalo hide with the hair on and quillwork designs were draped over the leanback and bed surface.

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