Unadorn

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To add a feature or embellishment that makes something uglier; uglify.

    "No ugly monument of their ancestors disfigures the church walls, no hideous brick box unadorns the country churchyard, and a plain stone, perhaps moss grown, is all the record of their fathers they can show."

  2. 2
    To remove the adornments from.

    "Yet, I have long tried to unadorn Myself for you. I would toss all the trinkets And lavalieres into a box to escape Worshiping."

Example

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"No ugly monument of their ancestors disfigures the church walls, no hideous brick box unadorns the country churchyard, and a plain stone, perhaps moss grown, is all the record of their fathers they can show."

Etymology

From un- + adorn.

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