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English
Verb
adorning
- present participle and gerund of adorn
Noun
adorning (plural adornings)
- (archaic) An adornment.
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides,
So many mermaids, tended her i’ the eyes,
And made their bends adornings […]
1699, Matthew Henry, chapter 2, in A Discourse Concerning Meekness and Quietness of Spirit, London: Thomas Parkhurst, page 47:The Text speaks of it, as an Adorning, much more excellent and valuable than Gold, or Pearls, or the most costly Array […]