Embellishment Definition & Meaning

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Embellishment

Embellishment Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Embellishment: embroidery \| ornamentation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Embellishment: acciaccatura \| adjunct \| adornment \| appoggiatura \| arabesque \| arrangement \| beauties \| beautification \| bedizenment \| cadence \| cadenza \| color \| color patterns \| coloratura \| coloring \| colors \| colors of rhetoric \| decor \| decoration \| development \| division \| duplication \| duplication of effort \| elaboration \| elegant variation \| emblazonment \| emblazonry \| embroidery \| enhancement \| evolution \| exaggeration \| expletive \| extravagance \| fat \| featherbedding \| figure \| figure of speech \| filling \| fine writing \| fioritura \| flight \| floridity \| floridness \| flourish \| flower arrangement \| floweriness \| flowers of speech \| frill \| frills \| frippery \| furniture arrangement \| garnish \| garnishment \| garniture \| gilding \| gingerbread \| grace \| grace note \| hyperbole \| illumination \| incidental \| incidental note \| long mordent \| lushness \| luxuriance \| luxury \| maturation \| mordent \| needlessness \| ornament \| ornamentation \| ostentation \| overadornment \| overlap \| overstatement \| padding \| passage \| payroll padding \| perfection \| pleonasm \| pralltriller \| prolixity \| purple patches \| redundance \| redundancy \| refinement \| ripening \| roulade \| run \| seasoning \| single mordent \| superfluity \| superfluousness \| tautology \| tinsel \| trim \| trimming \| turn \| unnecessariness \| verbosity \| window dressing See Also \| boule \| boulle \| buhl \| cuspidation \| decoration \| decoration \| elaboration \| enlargement \| expansion \| festoon \| filagree \| filigree \| fillagree \| flourish \| ornament \| ornamentation \| vermiculation Embellishment In Webster's Dictionary \Embel"lishment\, 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.

Embellishment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Embellishment: embroidery | ornamentation

Embellishment In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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