Embellishment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Embellishment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Embellishment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embellishment n elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings" Synonym(s): embellishment, embroidery a superfluous ornament the act of adding extraneous decorations to something Synonym(s): ornamentation, embellishment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embellishment \Embel"lishment\, 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.