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13 letters · 22 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
noun a superfluous ornament
noun the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
originEtymology tree English embellish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English embellishment From embellish + -ment.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- emblements 16
- embellish 16
- emblement 15
- helmsmen 15
- thimbles 15
- belemnites 14
- blemish 14
- thimble 14
- belemnite 13
- bheestie 13
- hellbent 13
- hemlines 13