Varnishment
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Varnishment is a noun meaning (archaic) The act or process of embellishing something in order to make it more attractive.
Meaning
(archaic) The act or process of embellishing something in order to make it more attractive.
Example Sentences
If the dear people want sex, give the dear people sex. But not by suggestion, innuendo, varnishment.
The New World was experiencing the cruelties of many of these mercenary adventurers whose religious medals, Crucifixes and Rosary mumblings were varnishments of a ferocious quest for gold.
It had once been painted, but the rain and the snow had now denuded it of all such outward varnishment, and without any spire or porch, it was simple enough in its exterior for a Quaker tabernacle.
The public speaker of today who gets nearest his audience is one who has something to say and who says it without ebullition, without varnishment, without rhapsodic figures of speech, without flower and embellishment.
Word Forms
- varnishments
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include embellishing, garnish, garnisheement, garniture, marbling, garnishing.
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