embellishments

noun

the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

a superfluous ornament

elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail

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The word embellishments breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root bell-, from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.