Adorners

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. A group of individuals who embellish or enhance the appearance of something using decorations or ornamental items
2. People who apply decorative elements to objects or spaces in order to make them more visually appealing
3. Those who beautify or add adornments to various items or environments for aesthetic enhancement

Etymology: "Adorners" is simply the plural of "adorner", a person who decorates. The noun is formed from the verb "adorn" plus the agent suffix "-er", which English has used since Old English to mark someone who performs an action. The suffix itself traces back through a long chain: Old English "-ere" and Old French "-ier", both descending from Latin "-arius", a suffix meaning a person connected with or working at something. The verb "adorn" is the more interesting half. It comes from Latin "adornare", built from "ad-" (to, toward) and "ornare" (to equip, furnish, decorate), so at root it means to furnish something with what it needs. "Ornare" is also the source of "ornament", and the two words share a sense of equipping an object or person with fine things.