| 单词 |
disembellish |
| 释义 |
disembellish, v.|dɪsɪmˈbɛlɪʃ| [f. dis- 6 + embellish; app. after F. désembelliss- extended stem of désembellir (Cotgr.).] trans. To deprive of embellishment or adornment.
1611Cotgr., Desembellir, to disimbellish, disfigure. 1624Quarles Sion's Sonn. i. 5 What if Afflictions doe dis-embellish My naturall glorie? 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. i. x. (1858) 41 Weep not that the reign of wonder is done, and God's world all disembellished and prosaic. 1875Browning Aristoph. Apol. 131 Embellish fact? This bard may disembellish yet improve! |

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