ornamental
Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful.
Example
“Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.”
Other meanings
Bred for aesthetic or decorative purposes.
Synonyms
- decorative
Related words
- nonornamental
- ornamental hermit
- ornamentalism
- ornamentalist
- ornamentality
- ornamentalize
- ornamentalness
- unornamental
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ornamental” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.