embroidery
noun
[ ɪmˈbrɔɪd(ə)ri ]
• the art or pastime of embroidering cloth.
• "my mother decided I should learn embroidery"
• embellishment or exaggeration in the description of an event.
• "fanciful embroidery of the facts"
Similar:
elaboration,
embellishment,
adornment,
ornamentation,
colouring,
enhancement,
exaggeration,
overstatement,
hyperbole,
touching up,
dressing up,
gilding,
varnishing,
gingering up,
jazzing up,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enbrouderie, from enbrouder ‘embroider’.
