embroidered

Adjective

embroidered (comparative more embroidered, superlative most embroidered)

1. Decorated with embroidery; covered in decorative needlework.
   • The very embroidered arras, which hangs yon pavilion, is worthy to be observed; but the artificers here, who display their curious works in our native metals, deserve high praise.1816, Miss Appleton, Elizabeth Lachlan, Edgar: A National Tale, page 65
   • Surely he has appropriated wome of what should be his wife's jewelry, for in that very embroidered cambric shirt of his sparkle three splendid diamonds set in dark blue enamel.1850 July, "A New Yorker", “Sketches of American Society: A Wedding "Above Bleeker"”, in The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, volume 20, number 3, page 422
2. Embellished; elaborate, especially when containing superfluous or fictitious details.
   • The man of business at his desk, the mechanic in his workshop, the idler on his couch, the man of letters in his study, has but to turn for a brief interval to these Lives, and he will behold, for every period and age, the very embroidered and moving scene that he has been seeking to understand and...1835, The Monthly Review, volume 3, page 298
   • The orchestration is effective and ingenious, and some of the recitative is sustained with a very embroidered accompaniment.1882 November 1, “Drama”, in The Artist, volume 3, number 35, page 352