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Definition of Embellishments
1. embellishment [n] - See also: embellishment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embellishments
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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