elaborate.
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
Meaning & usage
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.
Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.
Where this word comes from
1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.
Тo develop in detail or complexity.
To expand/enlarge in detail.
What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?
Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?
Where this word comes from
1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.
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