To embellish (a narration, etc.) with flowers of speech; to ornament or set off with fine words or phrases; to express in flowery language. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > embellish [verb (transitive)] (35) flourish13.. To embellish (a narration, etc.) with flowers of speech; to ornament or set off with fine words or phrases; to express in flowery language. Obsolete. coloura1393 transitive. To embellish (language, an oration, a literary work, etc.) with rhetorical or poetic ornaments. embellish1447 figurative; now often with sense to ‘dress up’, heighten (a narration) with fictitious additions. pounce1576 transitive. figurative. To adorn, decorate. Obsolete. thrum1590 transferred and figurative. To fringe or clothe. Obsolete. foil1611 transitive. To apply foil or a foil to. To spread over with a thin sheet of metal or other substance. See foil, n.1 4. In quot. 1611 figurative. embroider1614 In various figurative uses. To embellish with rhetorical ornament or with fictitious additions or exaggerations. figurate1652 To furnish with figures of speech. trick1759 transitive. To dress, array, attire; to deck, prank; to adorn (usually with the notion of artifice). Const. with, in. Also intransitive with it. Also… Subcategories:— over-embellish (3) — set forth in ornate language (5) — Euphuize (2) — make rhetorical (2) — make bombastic (5) — make pompous (1) — dwell on to excess (3) — Latinize (1) — assail with inkhorn terms (1) — quote (3) |
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