disembellish en · VERB
Etymology
From dis- + embellish: compare French désembellir.
Meanings
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(transitive) 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.
1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Pure Reason”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 47:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disembellishing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disembellishes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| disembellished | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disembellished | Tense=Past | lexicographic |