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Adjective: ornate  or'neyt
  1. Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details
    "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato";
    - flowery
     
  2. Highly or excessively decorated
    "Somehow I never noticed this church, with it's ornate stone carvings and stained glass"; "The ornate gold frame has a decorative design to create a more elegant appearance"

See also: rhetorical

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