embellishment Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

Cf. F. embellissement.

The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.
In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott.
That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments.
The graces and embellishments of the exterior man. I. Taylor.