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Definition of Decorativeness
1. Noun. An appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive.
Specialized synonyms: Coating, Finish, Finishing
Derivative terms: Decorative
Definition of Decorativeness
1. Noun. The condition of being decorative ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decorativeness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decorativeness
Literary usage of Decorativeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Singing of the Future by David Thomas Ffrangcon- Davies (1905)
"decorativeness versus verisimilitude.—Two prime donne and slavery.—Sims Reeves
and Jean de Reszke.—Tone and character again.—Universal tone. ..."
2. Literary Statesmen, and Others by Norman Hapgood (1897)
"mirable rhetoric; to regret their imperfect feeling for decorativeness is to miss
... "Sapient skill," the contrast of "decorativeness " with "delightful ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Architectonic decorativeness is found nowhere. Extreme simplicity characterizes
the exterior walls. According as necessity dictated, aesthetic effect being ..."
4. The Bookman (1910)
"... decorativeness, or the sense of greatness. Jouett was perhaps the best of them.
He was a Kentuckian who had studied under Stuart in Boston and he was ..."
5. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"The painted glass ot this period is more remarkable for its general decorativeness
than for its beauty of form. To this second century of the Renaissance ..."
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