Decorated

Decorated

Decorated can have several meanings:

  • In architecture, the Decorated Period (also referred to as Decorated Gothic or simply Decorated) refers to a period and style of mediaeval Gothic architecture.
  • A decorated crystal has had a thin coating of metal evaporated onto it to show up its structure.
  • A person who has been awarded a medal or other military or civil honour is often said to have been "decorated" .

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  • decorated — adj. having decorations. [Narrower terms: {beaded, beady, bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly}; {bedaubed}; {bespectacled, monocled, spectacled}; {braided}; {brocaded, embossed, raised};… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • decorated — decorated; un·decorated; …   English syllables

  • decorated — index elaborate, pretentious (ostentatious) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Decorated — Decorate Dec o*rate (d[e^]k [ o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decorated} (d[e^]k [ o]*r[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Decorating} (d[e^]k [ o]*r[=a] t[i^]ng).] [L. decoratus, p. p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be becoming.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • decorated — adj. Decorated is used with these nouns: ↑hero, ↑soldier, ↑veteran …   Collocations dictionary

  • Decorated style — noun (architecture) A style of Gothic architecture, elaborate and richly decorated, which prevailed until near the end of the 14c • • • Main Entry: ↑decorate * * * decorated style, the Gothic style of architecture prevailing in England throughout …   Useful english dictionary

  • Decorated dragonet — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

  • Decorated Style —   [ dekəreɪtɪd staɪl] der, , Stilphase der englischen Gotik, etwa 1250 1350 (zum Teil auch später angesetzt); besonders in der Kirche der Westminster Abbey in London ausgeprägt, auch in Bauteilen der Kathedralen von Exeter, Ely, Lincoln, Wells… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Decorated style — (engl., spr. déckorēted stail, »verzierter Stil«), Bezeichnung für eine Epoche der gotischen Architektur in England, die das 14. Jahrh. einnimmt, und in der die Zierformen sich über das ganze architektonische Gerüst erstreckten. Das… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Decorated Style — Der Decorated Style ist eine Phase in der Architektur der englischen Gotik, die nach Nikolaus Pevsner von 1250 bis 1370 dauerte. In England selbst wird diese Phase The Decorated Period, Decorated Gothic oder auch einfach Decorated genannt. Die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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