embellishment

英 [ɪm'belɪʃmənt] 美[ɪm'bɛlɪʃmənt]

• n. 装饰，修饰；润色

1. elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail;

"the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"

2. a superfluous ornament

3. the act of adding extraneous decorations to something