Exornation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exornation \Ex`or*na"tion\, n. [L. exornatio, fr. exornare. See
     {Ornate}.]
     Ornament; decoration; embellishment. [Obs.]
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           Hyperbolical exornations . . . many much affect.


                                                    --Burton.
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