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embellishment |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Embellishment \Em*bel"lish*ment\, n. [Cf. F. embellissement.] 1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment. In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it --Prescott. 2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as pictorial embellishments. The graces and embellishments of the exterior man. --I. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: embellishment n 1: a superfluous ornament 2: the act of adding extraneous decorations to something [syn: {ornamentation}]
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