Reverse Dictionary: ELABORATE

ADJECTIVES
► BUSYFUL 1. elaborate, ornate → 1340 obs.
2. of a thing: involving much work, care, or trouble; elaborate, intricate → 1448 obs.
► LIKE A DOG’S DINNER of dress, etc.: ostentatious, flashy, or over-elaborate → 1927 colloq.
► OPEROSE made or done with much labour; laborious; tedious; toilsome; elaborate → 1683
► OPEROUS made or done with much labour or effort; laborious, industrious, busy; painstaking, tedious; toilsome; elaborate → a1538 obs.
► PONCED-UP made overly elaborate, fancy, or effeminate; dressed up ostentatiously → 1970 sl., derogatory
► PONCY affected, pretentious, self-consciously refined or superior; overly fancy or elaborate; effeminate, homosexual → 1937 sl., derogatory

ADVERBS
► OPEROSELY laboriously, busily; elaborately → 1668
► OPEROUSLY laboriously, busily; elaborately → 1668 obs.

​NOUNS
► CHICKEN FIXINGS anything elaborate or fancy in food, dress, or otherwise → 1870 Amer. dial.
► CHICKEN GUTS anything elaborate or fancy in food, dress, or otherwise → 1951 Amer. dial.
► OPEROSENESS laboriousness, elaborateness → 1664
► QUIRKNESS intricacy, elaboration → 1802 Sc.

VERBS
► PONCE UP to make overly elaborate or fancy, esp. for show → 1953