English

Verb

disembellish ‎(third-person singular simple present disembellishes, present participle disembellishing, simple past and past participle disembellished)

1. (transitive) To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.
   • 1833-34 Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus

     [G]ive it up, and weep, not that the reign of wonder is done, and God's world all disembellished and prosaic, but that thou hitherto art a Dilettante and sand-blind Pedant.