embellishment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
    embroidery.
    • the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
  2. noun a superfluous ornament
  3. noun the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
    ornamentation.

WordNet

Em*bel"lish*ment noun
Etymology
Cf. F. embellissement.
Definitions
  1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.
    In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott.
  2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments.
    The graces and embellishments of the exterior man. I. Taylor.

Webster 1913