elaborateness

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noun

The state of being elaborate

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elaborationintricacyinvolutionornateness
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Meanings

nounelaborateness (countable and uncountable, plural elaboratenesses)

plural elaboratenesses

  1. uncountableThe state of being elaborate

    There has always been an affinity between musical comedy and the gay male sensibility. Maybe it is the elaborateness of the ambiance and the settings, a sort of triumph of form over content to express emotions which gay men have learned to keep quiet.

    1984 February 4, Michael Bronski, “Cats: Straight and Boring”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 17
  2. countableSomething elaborate

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmarked by elaborately complex detail

Similar
elaborationintricacyinvolution
Broader
complexitycomplexness

nounan ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated

Similar
ornateness
Broader
appearancevisual aspect
Also see
elaborationintricacyinvolutionornateness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From elaborate + -ness.

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APA

elaborateness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elaborateness

MLA

“elaborateness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elaborateness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elaborateness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elaborateness.

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