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| rhetorical |
elaborate in form or style; artificially showy. [1/2 definitions] |
| rococo |
a style of music of the same period, also marked by elaborate ornamentation. [1/4 definitions] |
| scam |
a dishonest, often elaborate, business scheme that uses deception to obtain money, often employing the telephone or Internet to reach a large number of people. [1/2 definitions] |
| shindig |
(informal) a large or elaborate party. |
| song and dance |
(informal) an effort to persuade, mislead, or deceive by an elaborate or irrelevant explanation or story. [1/2 definitions] |
| spectacular |
a single elaborate entertainment production, esp. for television. [1/3 definitions] |
| sting |
(slang) an elaborate confidence game, esp. one executed by law enforcement officers to collect evidence. [1/9 definitions] |
| toccata |
a musical composition for keyboard in an improvisational style full of elaborate running passages, full chords, and other figures designed to display technique. |
| unelaborate |
combined form of elaborate. |
| weaver finch |
any of several finches that weave elaborate nests. |
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