— embroiderer , n.
/em broy"deuhr/ , v.t.
1. to decorate with ornamental needlework.
2. to produce or form in needlework.
3. to adorn or embellish rhetorically, esp. with ornate language or fictitious details: He embroidered the account of the shipwreck to hold his listeners' interest.
v.i.
4. to do embroidery.
5. to add embellishments; exaggerate (often fol. by on or upon ).
[ 1350-1400; EM- 1 + BROIDER; r. ME embroderen, freq. of embroden embro ( u ) der, equiv. to em- EM- 1 + OF brosder, deriv. of brosd ]
Syn. 3. elaborate, exaggerate, color, fancify.