overelaboration \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\noun Etymology:over (III) + elaboration 1.: the act or an instance of overelaborating < his taste ran to extreme overelaboration — Atlantic > 2.: the condition of being overelaborated < overelaboration characterizes so much of present-day writing — E.S.McCartney >