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Definition of Over-embellished
1. Adjective. Excessively elaborate or showily expressed. "An over-embellished story of the fish that got away"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Over-embellished
Literary usage of Over-embellished
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap, Frank William Bayley, Charles Eliot Goodspeed (1918)
"... thought Lawrence's portraits over embellished — too theatrical — so that
locality was sacrificed. (He) would prefer to see the individual with his exact ..."
2. The Dramatic Festival: A Consideration of the Lyrical Method as a Factor in by Anne Abbot Throop Craig (1912)
"Thomas Moore has used the melody over-embellished for the thread of several songs,
but with Mr. Redfern Mason's permission I quote preferably the pure ..."
3. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1876)
"... havo been among tho fairest creations with which human art over embellished
tho earth, and beyond a doubt compared favourably with any edifices which, ..."
4. The Musical World (1867)
"... operetta is here bandied npon in the usual fashion, save that the themes are
not over-embellished. Judging from the multitude of such pieces continually ..."
5. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1838)
"The book seems to us too minute, and over-embellished. There are too many details
of personal adventure ; too much recital of unimportant events; ..."
6. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1838)
"What ha* produced these wonders? what has renovated the surface of the earth ?
what has given to man this dominion over embellished ..."
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