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embellishment
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1 embellishment
Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail:
— The mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings.
synoniem: embroidery.
Roget 847:
ornament,
ornamentation,
ornamental art;
ornature†,
ornateness;
adornment,
decoration,
embellishment;
architecture;
jewelry
etc.
847.1.
[surface coatings for wood: list]
garnish,
polish,
varnish,
French polish,
veneer,
japanning,
lacquer.
[surface coatings for metal]
gilding,
plating,
ormolu,
enamel,
cloisonn_e.
[surface coatings for human skin]
cosmetics
(in general),
makeup;
[Makeup list],
eye shadow,
rouge,
face powder,
lipstick,
blush.
[ornamental surface pattern: list]
pattern,
diaper,
powdering,
paneling,
graining,
pargeting†;
detail;
repousse
(convexity)
250;
texture
etc.
329;
richness;
tracery,
molding,
fillet,
listel†,
strapwork†,
coquillage [Fr.],
flourish,
fleur-de-lis [Fr.],
arabesque,
fret,
anthemion†;
egg and tongue,
egg and dart;
astragal†,
zigzag,
acanthus,
cartouche;
pilaster
etc.
(projection)
250;
bead,
beading;
champleve ware [Fr.],
cloisonne ware;
frost work,
Moresque [Lat.],
Morisco,
tooling.
[ornamental cloth]
embroidery;
brocade,
brocatelle†,
galloon,
lace,
fringe,
trapping,
border,
edging,
trimming;
hanging,
tapestry,
arras;
millinery,
ermine;
drap d'or [Fr.].
wreath,
festoon,
garland,
chaplet,
flower,
nosegay,
bouquet,
posy,
daisies pied and violets blue,"
tassel,
[Love's Labor's Lost],
knot;
shoulder knot,
apaulette†,
epaulet,
aigulet†,
frog;
star,
rosette,
bow;
feather,
plume,
pompom†,
panache,
aigrette.
finery,
frippery,
gewgaw,
gimcrack,
tinsel,
spangle,
clinquant†,
pinchbeck,
paste;
excess of ornament
etc.
(vulgarity)
851;
gaud,
pride.
[ornamentation of text]
illustration,
illumination,
vignette.
fleuron†;
head piece [Fr.],
tail piece [Fr.];
cul-de-lampe [Fr.];
flowers of rhetoric
etc.
577;
work of art.
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The act of adding extraneous decorations to something.
synoniem: ornamentation.
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: acciaccatura, adjunct, adornment, appoggiatura, arabesque, arrangement, beauties, beautification, bedizenment, cadence, cadenza, color, color patterns, coloratura, coloring, colors, colors of rhetoric, decor, decoration, development, division, duplication, duplication of effort, elaboration, elegant variation, emblazonment, emblazonry, embroidery, enhancement, evolution, exaggeration, expletive, extravagance, fat, featherbedding, figure, figure of speech, filling, fine writing, fioritura, flight, floridity, floridness, flourish, flower arrangement, floweriness, flowers of speech, frill, frills, frippery, furniture arrangement, garnish, garnishment, garniture, gilding, gingerbread, grace, grace note, hyperbole, illumination, incidental, incidental note, long mordent, lushness, luxuriance, luxury, maturation, mordent, needlessness, ornament, ornamentation, ostentation, overadornment, overlap, overstatement, padding, passage, payroll padding, perfection, pleonasm, pralltriller, prolixity, purple patches, redundance, redundancy, refinement, ripening, roulade, run, seasoning, single mordent, superfluity, superfluousness, tautology, tinsel, trim, trimming, turn, unnecessariness, verbosity, window dressing ... meer laten zien.
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