embellishment
(noun)
noun
1. elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
- the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
Similar word(s): embroidery
Definition categories: communication, elaboration, enlargement, expansion
2. a superfluous ornament
Definition categories: man–made, decoration, ornament, ornamentation
3. the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
Similar word(s): ornamentation
Definition categories: act, decoration
Sentences with embellishment as a noun:
- 1811 Reflection had given calmness to her judgment, and sobered her own opinion of Willoughby's deserts; -- she wished, therefore, to declare only the simple truth, and lay open such facts as were really due to his character, without any embellishment of tenderness to lead the fancy astray. Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Section 3, Chapter 1.