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embellishment n. [
embroidery] elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"
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embellishment n. a superfluous ornament
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embellishment n. [
ornamentation] the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
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