noun
1. elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
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the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
• Syn: ↑embroidery
• Derivationally related forms: ↑embroider (for: ↑embroidery), ↑embellish
• Hypernyms: ↑expansion, ↑enlargement, ↑elaboration
2. a superfluous ornament
• Hypernyms: ↑decoration, ↑ornament, ↑ornamentation
• Hyponyms:
↑boulle, ↑boule, ↑buhl, ↑cuspidation, ↑festoon, ↑filigree, ↑filagree, ↑fillagree, ↑vermiculation, ↑flourish
3. the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
• Syn: ↑ornamentation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑embellish, ↑ornament (for: ↑ornamentation)
• Hypernyms: ↑decoration
Useful english dictionary. 2012.