1.
If you describe something as ~, you disapprove of the fact that it is complicated and extravagant rather than plain and simple.
...~ language.
= ornate
ADJ disapproval
2.
Someone who is ~ always has a red face.
Jacobs was a stout, ~ man.
ADJ
1.
If you describe something as ~, you disapprove of the fact that it is complicated and extravagant rather than plain and simple.
...~ language.
= ornate
ADJ disapproval
2.
Someone who is ~ always has a red face.
Jacobs was a stout, ~ man.
ADJ
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012