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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-692/
- Published: 2021-12-21T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-21T17:45:20.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

The word for today is…

embellish (verb):

1 : to make beautiful with ornamentation  
2 : to heighten the attractiveness of by adding decorative or fanciful details

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embellish?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Like its synonyms adorn, ornament, and garnish, embellish means to make something beautiful by the addition of a decorative or fanciful feature. Traditionally, the word is used specifically to stress the addition of superfluous or adventitious ornament, as in “The printer embellished the page with a floral border.” Embellish differs from its synonyms, however, in that it is sometimes used in a euphemistic way to refer to the inclusion of details that are not necessarily true to make a story sound more appealing. The word derives via Middle English from the Anglo-French verb embelir, from en- and bel (“beautiful”).

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