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Webster 1913 Edition


Embellishment

Em-bel′lish-ment

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Embellishment

EMBEL'LISHMENT

,
Noun.
The act of adorning.
1.
Ornament; decoration; any thing that adds beauty or elegance; that which renders any thing pleasing to the eye, or agreeable to the taste, in dress, furniture, manners, or in the fine arts. Rich dresses are embellishments of the person. Virtue is an embellishment of the mind, and liberal arts, the embellishments of society.

Definition 2024


embellishment

embellishment

English

Noun

embellishment (plural embellishments)

  1. An added touch; an ornamental addition; a flourish.
    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.

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