ornament

• n. 装飾; [建物][衣服]飾り; 教会の調度品
• vt.飾る; 整える

ラテン語のornare「装飾する」、ordnare「整える」、「調度品」から派生したもので、語源的にはorder「秩序」、adorn「装飾する」と同じ。ornamentから派生。

ornament

ornament: [14] Ornament comes from Latin ōrnāmentum, a derivative of the verb ōrnāre ‘equip, get ready’, hence ‘decorate’. This also forms the basis of English adorn [14] and suborn [16] (etymologically ‘equip secretly’).
=> adorn, suborn

ornament (n.)

early 13c., "an accessory," from Old French ornement "ornament, decoration," and directly from Latin ornamentum "apparatus, equipment, trappings; embellishment, decoration, trinket," from ornare "equip, adorn" (see ornate). Meaning "decoration, embellishment" in English is attested from late 14c. (also a secondary sense in classical Latin). Figurative use from 1550s.

ornament (v.)

1720, from ornament (n.). Middle English used ournen (late 14c.) in this sense, from Old French orner, from Latin ornare. Related: Ornamented; ornamenting.

1. The clock is simply for ornament ; it doesn 't work any more.

この時計は完全に置物で、もう動かない。

2.The flowers were put on the table for ornament .

花はテーブルの上に置いて装飾用にする。

3.The baroque style is rich in ornament .

バロックスタイルは装飾的である。

4.She wears a crystal ornament on herchest.

彼女の胸には水晶アクセサリーがつけられている。

5.She is totally without ornament .

彼女は少しも装飾をしていない。