different between ornate vs garish

English

Etymology

From Latin ornatus, past participle of ornare (“to equip, adorn”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???ne?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Adjective

ornate (comparative more ornate, superlative most ornate)

1. Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.

   • The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth?; […]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”

2. Flashy, flowery or showy
3. Finely finished, as a style of composition.

Related terms

• ornament

Translations

Verb

ornate (third-person singular simple present ornates, present participle ornating, simple past and past participle ornated)

1. (obsolete) To adorn; to honour.
   • 1552, Hugh Latimer, the second sermon upon the Lord's Prayer

     They may ornate and sanctify the name of God.

Further reading

• ornate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ornate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• antero-, atoner, roneat, rotane, tenora

Italian

Verb

ornate

1. second-person plural present indicative of ornare
2. second-person plural imperative of ornare
3. feminine plural of ornato

Anagrams

• Antero, notare, noterà, Renato, tonare, tonerà

Latin

Adverb

?rn?t? (comparative ?rn?tius, superlative ?rn?tissim?)

Participle

?rn?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?rn?tus

References

• ornate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ornate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ornate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Of unknown origin, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren (“to stare”) which is of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”) or gaurr (“rough fellow”) (Proto-Indo-European *g?ow-rós, from *g?ew- (“to be angry”)). Compare with English gaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???????/

Adjective

garish (comparative more garish, superlative most garish)

1. Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste. [from 1540s]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gaudy

Derived terms

• garishly
• garishness

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Harigs, girahs, girsha