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ELABORATENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated
Synonyms:
elaborateness; ornateness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("elaborateness" is a kind of...):
appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elaborateness"):
flamboyance; floridity; floridness; showiness (extravagant elaborateness)
fussiness (unnecessary elaborateness in details)
Derivation:
elaborate (marked by complexity and richness of detail)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by elaborately complex detail
Synonyms:
elaborateness; elaboration; intricacy; involution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("elaborateness" is a kind of...):
complexity; complexness (the quality of being intricate and compounded)
Derivation:
elaborate (developed or executed with care and in minute detail)
