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disembellish

verb

Etymology

From dis- + embellish: compare French désembellir.

  1. derived from embellir
  2. inherited from embelishen
  3. prefixed as disembellish — “dis + embellish”

Definitions

  1. To deprive of embellishment

    To deprive of embellishment; to undecorate.

    • [G]ive it up, and weep, not that the reign of wonder is done, and God's world all disembellished and prosaic, but that thou hitherto art a Dilettante and sandblind Pedant.

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