The meaning of EMBELLISHMENT is the act or process of embellishing.

Embellishments allow individuals to express their personal style and identity. Clothing can be a form of self-expression, and the choice of embellishments can communicate one's personality, …

EMBELLISHMENT definition: 1. something added to make another thing more beautiful or interesting, or the process of doing…. Learn more.

Embellishment definition: an ornament or decoration.. See examples of EMBELLISHMENT used in a sentence.

An embellishment is a decoration added to something to make it seem more attractive or interesting. ...Renaissance embellishments. ...public buildings with little bits of decoration and …

1. to increase the interest of (a story etc) by adding (untrue) details.

Definition of embellishment noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a decoration or other addition that is intended to make something more beautiful or interesting. Good pasta …

Oct 2, 2025 · embellishment (countable and uncountable, plural embellishments) An act of embellishing.

Embellish came to English, by way of Anglo-French, from the Latin word bellus, meaning "beautiful." It's in good company: modern language is adorned with bellus descendants. …

Something that embellishes; a decoration. A note that embellishes a melody. His work was overloaded with rhetorical embellishment, which he was the first to introduce into Roman …