elaborateness

e·lab·o·rate  (-lbr-t)

adj.

1. Planned or executed with painstaking attention to numerous parts or details.

2. Intricate and rich in detail.

v. (-lb-rt) e·lab·o·rat·ed, e·lab·o·rat·ing, e·lab·o·rates

v.tr.

1. To work out with care and detail; develop thoroughly.

2. To produce by effort; create.

v.intr.

1. To become elaborate.

2. To express at greater length or in greater detail: asked me to elaborate on my proposal.

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[Latin labrtus, past participle of labrre, to work out : -, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + labrre, to work (from labor, work).]

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e·labo·rate·ly adv.

e·labo·rate·ness n.

e·labo·ration n.

e·labo·rator n.

Synonyms: elaborate, complicated, intricate
These adjectives mean marked by complexity of detail: an elaborate lace pattern; the eye, a complicated organ; an intricate problem.

Antonym: simple

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	elaborateness - marked by elaborately complex detail intricacy, involution, elaboration complexity, complexness - the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers"
	2.	elaborateness - an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated ornateness appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing flamboyance, floridity, floridness, showiness - extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great flamboyance" fussiness - unnecessary elaborateness in details