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elaborateness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elaborate \E*lab"o*rate\, a. [L. elaboratus p. p. of elaborare to work out e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See {Labor}.] Wrought with labor; finished with great care studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research. Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. --Waller. Syn: Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought. -- {E*lab"o*rate*ly}, adv -- {E*lab"o*rate*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: elaborateness n 1: marked by elaborately complex detail [syn: {elaboration}, {intricacy}] 2: an ornate appearance; being elaborately decorated [syn: {ornateness}]
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