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elaboration (n.)
1570s, in a physiological sense relating to tissue development, from Late Latin elaborationem (nominative elaboratio), noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin elaborare "work out, produce by labor, endeavor, struggle," from ex "out" (see ex-) + laborare "to labor" (see labor (v.)). Meaning "act of working out in great exactness and detail" is from 1610s.
updated on September 19, 2018
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Definitions of elaboration from WordNet
Dictionary entries near elaboration
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elaborate
elaborately
elaboration
elan
eland
elapse
elasmobranch
elasmosaurus