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Definition of Embellishment
1. Noun. Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail. "The mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"
Generic synonyms: Elaboration, Enlargement, Expansion
Derivative terms: Embellish, Embroider
2. Noun. A superfluous ornament.
Generic synonyms: Decoration, Ornament, Ornamentation
3. Noun. The act of adding extraneous decorations to something.
Definition of Embellishment
1. n. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.
Definition of Embellishment
1. Noun. An unnecessarily added touch, an ornamental addition, a flourish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embellishment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embellishment
Literary usage of Embellishment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"Phidias, the sculptor, was the friend and counsellor of Pericles in all matters
relating to the embellishment of Athens of artists, some of whom, such FIG. ..."
2. Essays and Essay-writing: Based on Atlantic Monthly Models by William Maddux Tanner (1918)
"MAN'S LAST embellishment THE necktie came into being when some savage, overpowered
by political enemies and left gracefully swaying from the lower branches, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1907)
"invented as an embellishment; (3) a sacred symbol, arising through the association
with it of religious concepts. (1) The figure of the cross appears ..."
4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"... of my relation without any embellishment, as falsehood or fiction is too gently
called, laughed a good deal at this representation of himself. ..."
5. The Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France by Pardoe (Julia) (1887)
"CHAPTER X 1517-18 Francis forms projects for the embellishment of his kingdom
and the encouragement of literature—Birth of a dauphin—Francis invites Leo X. ..."
6. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... that delights in the embellishment of other men's work.—DODDS, JAMES MILLER,
1893, Eng- lish Prose, ed. Craik, vol. l, p. 204. ..."
7. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"Phidias, the sculptor, was the friend and counsellor of Pericles in all matters
relating to the embellishment of Athens of artists, some of whom, such FIG. ..."
8. Essays and Essay-writing: Based on Atlantic Monthly Models by William Maddux Tanner (1918)
"MAN'S LAST embellishment THE necktie came into being when some savage, overpowered
by political enemies and left gracefully swaying from the lower branches, ..."
9. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1907)
"invented as an embellishment; (3) a sacred symbol, arising through the association
with it of religious concepts. (1) The figure of the cross appears ..."
10. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"... of my relation without any embellishment, as falsehood or fiction is too gently
called, laughed a good deal at this representation of himself. ..."
11. The Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France by Pardoe (Julia) (1887)
"CHAPTER X 1517-18 Francis forms projects for the embellishment of his kingdom
and the encouragement of literature—Birth of a dauphin—Francis invites Leo X. ..."
12. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... that delights in the embellishment of other men's work.—DODDS, JAMES MILLER,
1893, Eng- lish Prose, ed. Craik, vol. l, p. 204. ..."
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