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corniced

corniced

8.6
With a decorative strip along the top edge of a wall or ceiling
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɔrnɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : con cornisa
  • The corniced ceiling in the ballroom added elegance to the space.

Examples

  • The grand hall featured a beautifully corniced ceiling that impressed all the visitors.

  • Light from the chandelier highlighted the corniced edges of the elegant dining room.

  • They restored the old house and kept its original corniced walls for historical charm.

  • They chose a corniced design for their new home.

  • The grand hall featured a beautifully corniced ceiling that impressed all the visitors.

  • They restored the old house and kept its original corniced walls for historical charm.

  • Light from the chandelier highlighted the corniced edges of the elegant dining room.

How Ornate

ornate
  • Literature
26 7.0
corniced
  • Specialized
8.6
trimmed
1.0
plain
50 2.5

Surface Forms

corniced positive

Morphology

corniced = cornice (transparent) = cornice + ed

Adjective formed directly from the noun 'cornice' with the regular adjectival/past-participial suffix '-ed' meaning 'having a cornice'.

Etymology

The word corniced comes from cornice, which goes back to Latin cornu meaning 'horn'. Imagine a curved ledge like a horn at the top of a wall or ceiling, and so corniced means having that decorative top edge.