ornamentalist
- noun
- /ˌɔrnəˈmɛntəlɪst/
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ornamentador
- His career as an ornamentalist allowed him to combine his love for art and architecture in beautiful ways.
Examples
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The frequent use of terms such as "ornament," "ornamental," and "ornamentalist" in reviews of the 1890s carried specific meaning that linked mural painting as public art to the goals outlined for civic projects in the Second Empire.
Academic text (1993) -
As an ornamentalist, she transformed ordinary spaces into stunning environments with her unique decorative designs.
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The museum hired an ornamentalist to create intricate wood carvings for the new exhibit on historical crafts.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who plans and decorates the inside of buildings
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3.7
A person who plans and decorates the inside of buildings
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3.3
A person who plans and decorates the inside of buildings
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3.4
A person who plans and chooses the colors, furniture, and fabrics for the inside of a home or office
A person or thing that adds small details to make something look nicer
Antonyms
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
ornamentalist = ornamental (transparent) = ornament + al + ist
The adjective 'ornamental' (ornament + -al) clearly yields a person meaning with productive suffix '-ist' indicating a specialist.
Etymology
Ornamentalist comes from the word ornament ('decoration') and the ending -ist ('a person who does something'). So an ornamentalist is someone who designs, makes, or adds decorative details to art, buildings, or everyday objects.