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Definition of Ornamentalist
1. Noun. Someone who decorates.
Generic synonyms: Artist, Creative Person
Derivative terms: Decorate, Ornamentalism
Definition of Ornamentalist
1. Noun. A person who ornaments ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornamentalist
Literary usage of Ornamentalist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws by Dept. of the Treasury, United States Dept. of the Treasury, United States, United States Customs Court, Customs Court (1913)
"... of artistic subjects, but whether the carvings were the production of the
sculptor, the ornamentalist, or the skilled stone carver was not established. ..."
2. The Horological Journal: The Special Organ of the British Horological Institute by British Horological Federation, British Horological Institute (1860)
"In like manner the taste of the ornamentalist has to be cultivated and refined.
This is a point which ought to be impressed upon your minds very strongly, ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1904)
"All three men reached beyond the horizon of the ingenious ornamentalist; they
were at length penetrating within the veil of that mystery of Italian art of ..."
4. Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood by William Holman Hunt (1905)
"Had I gone to a brass ornamentalist in the first instance it is probable that
his price would have been less, and the work much better. ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1897)
"... a " clever ornamentalist " ; Steel, a fruit- painter ; Cotton and Askew, two "
highly gifted" painters of figures; Webster, Withers, Hancock, Bancroft, ..."
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