embroideredadj.
1. Of textile fabrics, leather, etc.: Adorned or variegated with figures of needlework. Also of the needlework itself.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > embroidered
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1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 9 That [girdle] of blew veluet, embrothered.
1609 Bible (Douay) I. Lev. viii. comm. A girdle..of twisted silke and gold, embrodered worke.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. v. 44 A rich Imbroider'd Canopie. View more context for this quotation
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. v. sig. Kk8 A Lac'd, or an Imbroider'd suit.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 29 His embroyder'd sacerdotal Robe.
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. vii. 156 An embroidered shoe.
2. transferred and figurative.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective]
overwrittenOE
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emblazoned1813
embroidered1868
purple1941
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion To Rdr. sig. A Through delicate embrodered Meadowes.
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden To Rdr. The pleasant Aspects of Nature..and..her severall imbroidered Beds.
1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 136 Melonnes..white, wraught, or Embrod'red, Ribb'd, and others.
1868 A. Helps Realmah II. xv. 192 In the embroidered language of the Sheviri.
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