EMBROIDERY

embroidery, fancywork

(noun) decorative needlework

embellishment, embroidery

(noun) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; “the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

embroidery (countable and uncountable, plural embroideries)

The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.

A piece of embroidered fabric.

The elaboration of an account etc. with details, especially when fictitious.

Source: Wiktionary

Em*broid"er*y, n.; pl. Embroideries (.

1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration. Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed. Addison. A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. J. A. Symonds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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