decorat

adj. having decorations. [ Narrower terms: beaded, beady, bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly; bedaubed; bespectacled, monocled, spectacled; braided; brocaded, embossed, raised; buttony; carbuncled; champleve, cloisonne, enameled; crested, plumed having a decorative plume); crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested; embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; encircled, ringed, wreathed; fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked out; feathery, feathered, plumy; frilled, frilly, ruffled; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid; inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; paneled, wainscoted; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled; tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out ] Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.
Syn. -- adorned. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. decoratio: cf. F. décoration. ] 1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of its decoration. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. a day, May 30, originally appointed for decorating with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who fell in the Civil War in the United States; -- now called Memorial Day, and established as the last Monday in May, and designated as a day for commemorating those who died in all wars of the United States. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ Cf. F. décoratif. ] Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning. -- Dec"o*ra*tive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Decorative art, fine art which has for its end ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects or events. [1913 Webster]