elaborate

Meanings

Adjective

Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.

Verb

to develop in detail or complexity
(sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand/enlarge in detail

Origin

1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus, past participle of ēlabōrō, from ē- + labor. More at e-, labour.

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