embellishmentn.

Etymology: < embellish v. + -ment suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: emˈbellishment.

1. The action or process of embellishing or beautifying; decoration, ornamentation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun]

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beautification1600

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lovelifying1916

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Beautifying, Embellishment, Decoration.

1678 Spanish Hist. 206 The thing that contributed most to the embellishment of that Festival, was the great abundance of Ladies.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 1. ¶8 I am sensible they might tend very much to the Embellishment of my paper.

1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral 340 A Turkish merchant devoted no less a sum than 10,000l. to the internal embellishment of St. Paul's.

2. That which embellishes or beautifies, literal and figurative; an ornament, decoration, setting off; esp. a grace of diction or composition, a poetical image, episode, or hyperbole; also, in pejorative sense, an exaggeration (cf. embellish v. 1c).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > an ornament

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tahalli1833

chicken fixings1840

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grace note1922

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > embellishment > an) ornament(s)

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1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies (1660) iv. lxxx. 165 But now, has not the least Imbellishment Of Heav'nly knowledge.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Sussex 108 Abatement is made for poeticall embelishments.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 223 A book that has some pleasing embellishments on the back.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Mar. (1965) I. 385 A relation that has..receiv'd many Embellishments from my hand.

1772 T. Pennant Tours Scotl. (1774) 343 Nor are the lofty headlands a less embellishment.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. ii. 18 Formed for peace, and the embellishments of life.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	embellishment
释义	embellishmentn. Etymology: < embellish v. + -ment suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: emˈbellishment. 1. The action or process of embellishing or beautifying; decoration, ornamentation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] hightinga1387 bellishingc1440 beautifying1532 beautification1600 purfling1613 embellishment1623 embellishing1641 lovelifying1916 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Beautifying, Embellishment, Decoration. 1678 Spanish Hist. 206 The thing that contributed most to the embellishment of that Festival, was the great abundance of Ladies. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 1. ¶8 I am sensible they might tend very much to the Embellishment of my paper. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral 340 A Turkish merchant devoted no less a sum than 10,000l. to the internal embellishment of St. Paul's. 2. That which embellishes or beautifies, literal and figurative; an ornament, decoration, setting off; esp. a grace of diction or composition, a poetical image, episode, or hyperbole; also, in pejorative sense, an exaggeration (cf. embellish v. 1c). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > an ornament ornamenta1382 paramentc1395 adornmentc1405 flower1542 furniture1548 furniments1553 bravery1577 grace1579 trim1579 honour1589 outsetc1590 parergy1592 trapping1596 adornation1597 parergon1601 accomplishment1605 bellishment1611 facing1622 decorement1632 embellishment1632 gallantry1633 ornamentals1650 disguisements1655 decorationa1678 buska1687 decorament1727 pretty1736 tahalli1833 chicken fixings1840 ornamentality1842 grace note1922 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > embellishment > an) ornament(s) coloursc1405 rhetoricc1425 gaudc1430 flower1508 flourish1603 embellishment1632 flosculation1651 floscule1669 gayness1670 floresa1734 taga1734 1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies (1660) iv. lxxx. 165 But now, has not the least Imbellishment Of Heav'nly knowledge. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Sussex 108 Abatement is made for poeticall embelishments. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 223 A book that has some pleasing embellishments on the back. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Mar. (1965) I. 385 A relation that has..receiv'd many Embellishments from my hand. 1772 T. Pennant Tours Scotl. (1774) 343 Nor are the lofty headlands a less embellishment. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. ii. 18 Formed for peace, and the embellishments of life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1623
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