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Definitions for: Embellishment
[n] the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
[n] a superfluous ornament
[n] elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"
Webster (1913) Definition: Em*bel"lish*ment, n. [Cf. F. embellissement.]
1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned;
adornment.
In the selection of their ground, as well as in the
embellishment of it. --Prescott.
2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration;
as, pictorial embellishments.
The graces and embellishments of the exterior man.
--I. Taylor.
Synonyms: embroidery, ornamentation
See Also: boule, boulle, buhl, cuspidation, decoration, decoration, elaboration, enlargement, expansion, festoon, filagree, filigree, fillagree, flourish, ornament, ornamentation, vermiculation
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