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embellishment
(encz) | embellishment,výzdoba n: Zdeněk Brož |
Embellishment
(gcide) | Embellishment \Em*bel"lish*ment\, n. [Cf. F. embellissement.]
1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned;
adornment.
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In the selection of their ground, as well as in the
embellishment of it. --Prescott.
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2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration;
as, pictorial embellishments.
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The graces and embellishments of the exterior man.
--I. Taylor.
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embellishment
(wn) | embellishment
n 1: elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative
(sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been
heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"
[syn: embellishment, embroidery]
2: a superfluous ornament
3: the act of adding extraneous decorations to something [syn:
ornamentation, embellishment] |
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embellishment
(encz) | embellishment,výzdoba n: Zdeněk Brož |
embellishment
(wn) | embellishment
n 1: elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative
(sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been
heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"
[syn: embellishment, embroidery]
2: a superfluous ornament
3: the act of adding extraneous decorations to something [syn:
ornamentation, embellishment] |
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