E‐lab″o‐rate (?), a. [L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See Labor.] Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. Waller.
Syn. — Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought.
— E‐lab″o‐rate‐ly, adv. — E‐lab″o‐rate‐ness, n.