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n. - One who uses embellishment freely.

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  • Even the great "ornamentalist" viceroy, Lord Curzon, declared that "efficiency" was "our gospel, the keynote of our administration."
  • As an ornamentalist, though, I, too, fervently wish for the sensibility that seems to dominate American gardening to change, and if that change would be kick-started...
  • Our ability to give it to you so soon is attributable to the fact that the aforementioned Raggis have relatives who are artists and can undertake any kind of work and succeed...
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