Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Embellishment

Embellishment , noun

[Compare French embellissement.]

1.
The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.
In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. — Prescott
2.
That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments.
The graces and embellishments of the exterior man. — I. Taylor