embroidered
adjective
- adorned with figures of needlework
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdɚd/ / /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəd/
adj
- Decorated with embroidery; covered in decorative needlework.
“The very embroidered arras, which hangs yon pavilion, is worthy to be observed; but the artificers here, who display their curious works in our native metals, deserve high praise.”
“Surely he has appropriated wome of what should be his wife's jewelry, for in that very embroidered cambric shirt of his sparkle three splendid diamonds set in dark blue enamel.”
- Embellished; elaborate, especially when containing superfluous or fictitious details.
“The man of business at his desk, the mechanic in his workshop, the idler on his couch, the man of letters in his study, has but to turn for a brief interval to these Lives, and he will behold, for every period and age, the very embroidered and moving scene that he has been seeking to understand and to sympathise with, in a way, in so far as the effect and the cause are concerned, not unlike that which Shakspeare's historical plays, and Walter Scott's historical romances, produce upon the vivid imagination.”
“The orchestration is effective and ingenious, and some of the recitative is sustained with a very embroidered accompaniment.”
verb
- simple past and past participle of embroider