Term Gallery logo

Meanings of too ornate in English

We have no meanings for "too ornate" in our records yet.
Usage of too ornate in English
1
The setting of the story was too ornate, and seemed almost barbarous.
Barbara in Brittany
2
The priest's vestments, too ornate in the setting, sat stiffly on him.
Magic seeds
3
When I mentioned that some people found this building too ornate, the architect replied:
The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts an...
4
Does it overlay the story with too ornate detail?
A Study of Poetry
5
Some things had seemed too ornate for her taste.
The Shelters of Stone
6
They wanted me to admire their solid silver goblets-tooheavy to lift and too ornate to clean.
Venus In Copper
7
Such assemblies are too grand and too ornate, and, moreover, much too far removed from true sporting proprieties.
Can You Forgive Her?
8
Good cloth bindings, not too ornate or strong in color, are substantial and usually best for the home library.
The Complete Home
9
This court, neither too splendid to be comfortable nor too ornate to be restful, is full of a quiet intimacy.
The Jewel City
10
Hewlett's style is finished and richly poetical, but often too ornate and too encrusted with archaic terms and other artificial forms.
Halleck's New English Literature
11
In a dining chamber that seemed too ornate to be inside a spaceworthy ship, the Emperor served a fine banquet while they orbited Arrakis.
Mentats of Dune
12
They knew better than to try anything too ornate, like forging a complete "alien spaceship," or even the partial wreckage of one.
Existence
13
The morals of his new associates were as correct as even he could have insisted upon, and their manners were kindly and not too ornate.
Under the Skylights
14
Finally they came to a carved wooden door that was too dark to be stained and too ornate to be merely a piece of salvage.
Boneshaker
15
"Oh, the satin is altogether too ornate, too really old," declared Phillipa.
The Girls at Mount Morris
16
"Yes, it is very handsome, no doubt, but too ornate and pie-crusty for my-taste.
Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman
This collocation consists of:
Too ornate through the time
Too ornate across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common