Associations to the word «Embellishment»

Wiktionary

EMBELLISHMENT, noun. An unnecessarily added touch, an ornamental addition, a flourish.

Dictionary definition

EMBELLISHMENT, noun. Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings".
EMBELLISHMENT, noun. A superfluous ornament.
EMBELLISHMENT, noun. The act of adding extraneous decorations to something.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats