embellishment
em be lish muhnt
- n elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings - n a superfluous ornament
- n the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
- But modern, mostly decorative neckwear dates from King Louis XIV of France, who first popularized the tie's predecessor, the cravat, after spotting the bow-tie-like embellishment .
- The Harvey Milk story needs little Hollywood embellishment; it's already the perfect outsider fable.
- The more elementary the product, the more grandiose the embellishment.