Definition of Embellishments

1. Noun. (plural of embellishment) ¹

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Definition of Embellishments

1. embellishment [n] - See also: embellishment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embellishments

embedding
embedding agents
embeddings
embedment
embedments
embeds
embelin
embellish
embellishable
embellished
embellisher
embellishers
embellishes
embellishing
embellishment
embellishments (current term)
embellisht
ember
ember-goose
emberizid
emberizids
emberizine
emberlike
embers
embetter
embetterment
embezzle
embezzled
embezzlement
embezzlements

Literary usage of Embellishments

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1831)
"Eight embellishments. London: Longman and Co. 1832. 6. Geographical Annual, or Family Cabinet Atlas. Designed and engraved by Thomas Starling. London: Bull. ..."

2. Music Notation and Terminology by Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1914)
"CHAPTER VI embellishments 64. embellishments (or graces) (Fr. agrements) are ornamental tones, either represented in full in the score or indicated by ..."

3. The Art of Singing: Based on the Principles of the Old Italian Singing by William Shakespeare (1910)
"At the present time vocal embellishments, with the exception of the trill, are nearly nl- ways written out in full; but in old music they are indicated by ..."

4. European Agriculture and Rural Economy: From personal observation by Henry Colman (1851)
"RURAL embellishments IN FRANCE, HOLLAND, BELGIUM, GERMANY, AND ITALY. — The country in France is very far from being as picturesque and beautiful as that of ..."

5. Secret History of the Court of England from the Accession of George the by Anne Hamilton (1901)
"... Banker — The Royal Racing Stud — Repairs and embellishments — The Gratification of Pride and Vice. |HE excesses of the court at this period, as usual, ..."

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