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Word entry · 5 letters

adorn

Best crossword clue

"Decorate or embellish"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /əˈdɔɹn/Part of speech verbSorted adnorStarts with AEnds with N2 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2D3O4R5N

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Definitions

  1. Make more attractive by adding decoration.

Word origin

From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source.

Used in a sentence

  • “a man adorned with noble statuary and columns”
  • “a character adorned with every Christian grace”
  • “A gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01“Decorate or embellish”5 letters
02“Decorate attractively”5 letters

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