Definition of Overornamented

1. overornament [v] - See also: overornament

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overornamented

overoptimisms
overoptimist
overoptimistic
overoptimistically
overoptimists
overorchestrate
overorder
overordered
overordering
overorders
overorganize
overorganized
overorganizes
overorganizing
overornament
overornamented
overornamenting
overornaments
overoxidation
overoxidized
overpack
overpackage
overpackaged
overpackages
overpackaging
overpacked
overpacking
overpacks
overpage
overpaid

Literary usage of Overornamented

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Cuba by Willis Fletcher Johnson (1920)
"The most ambitious ecclesiastical edifice in Havana, the church of San Francisco, was architecturally mediocre in style and barbarously overornamented. ..."

2. North Africa and the Desert: Scenes and Moods by George Edward Woodberry (1914)
"... she was simply dressed and not overornamented; she was probably poor in such riches; there was no necklace of golden louis that one sometimes sees; ..."

3. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Francis Miltoun (1905)
"... towers which rise high above the surrounding buildings in a fashion which would be truly imposing were the church less overornamented in all its parts. ..."

4. Travels in Spain by Philip Sanford Marden (1910)
"Its broad gate was surmounted by a much overornamented sandstone structure, carved with numerous reliefs, grotesque and otherwise, including the inevitable ..."

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