Disembellish

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of embellishment; to undecorate. transitive

    "[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."

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"[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."

Etymology

From dis- + embellish: compare French désembellir.

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