adorned

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈdɔɹnd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈdɔːnd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nd
• Hyphenation: adorned

Verb

adorned

1. simple past and past participle of adorn

Adjective

adorned (comparative more adorned, superlative most adorned)

1. Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments).
   • c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:

     Sit downe by her: adorned with my Crowne,
     As if thou wert the Empreſſe of the world.

Hyponyms

• festooned

Derived terms

• unadorned

Anagrams

• Deronda, Redonda