embellishment

英[ɪm'belɪʃmənt] 美[ɪm'bɛlɪʃmənt]

1. elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail;

"the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"

2. a superfluous ornament

3. the act of adding extraneous decorations to something