Associations to the word «Embellishment»
Noun
Adjective
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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.