Noun: ornateness or'neyt-nus
- An ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated
"The ornateness of the Baroque cathedral was breathtaking";
- elaborateness
- High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
"an excessive ornateness of language";
- grandiosity, magniloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric
Type of: appearance, expressive style, style, visual aspect