ORNAMENT

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French urnement, ornement, from Latin ~um, from ornare Date: 13th century a useful accessory, 2. something that lends grace or beauty, a manner or quality that adorns, one whose virtues or graces add luster to a place or society, the act of adorning or being adorned, an embellishing note not belonging to the essential harmony or melody, II. transitive verb Date: 1656 to provide with ~ ; embellish , see: adorn