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