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Embellishment Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Embellishment has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
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"

2

a superfluous ornament

3

the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

4

An added touch; an ornamental addition; a flourish.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
expansion decoration
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
boulle cuspidation festoon filigree vermiculation flourish
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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