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− | # [[elaborately]] [[ornamented]], often to [[excess]] | + | # [[elaborately|Elaborately]] [[ornamented]], often to [[excess]]. |
− | # [[flashy]], [[flowery]] or [[showy]] | + | #*{{quote-book|year=1907|author=[[w:Robert W. Chambers|Robert Chambers]] |
| + | |title=The Younger Set |
| + | |chapter=5|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL8127246W |
| + | |passage=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."}} |
| + | # [[flashy|Flashy]], [[flowery]] or [[showy]] |
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| ====Related terms==== | | ====Related terms==== |
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