Embellishment
[ɪm'belɪʃmənt] or [ɪm'bɛlɪʃmənt]
Definition
(noun.) a superfluous ornament.
(noun.) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; 'the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings'.
Inputed by Ethel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.
(n.) That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments.
Typed by Kevin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Decoration, ornament, adornment.
Editor: Roxanne
Examples
- Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The chisel had made three or four of these attempts at embellishment over his nose, but had given them up without an effort to smooth them off. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Tellson's (they said) wanted no elbow-room, Tellson's wanted no light, Tellson's wanted no embellishment. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The difficulty is to detach the framework of fact--of absolute undeniable fact--from the embellishments of theorists and reporters. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- They gossiped together over the corpse, related anecdotes, with embellishments of her lingering decline, and its real or supposed cause. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Pray glance at some of these churches and their embellishments, and see whether the Government is doing a righteous thing or not. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thus set forth, with the additional embellishments of a very little tail to his coat, and a yawning gulf at his waistband, Sloppy stood confessed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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