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écrémage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ecremage
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A surrealist automatic art technique in which paint or ink is floated on water and then skimmed off by passing stiff paper or cardboard just under the surface.

Uncountable

Etymology

From French écrémage

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What does écrémage mean?
A surrealist automatic art technique in which paint or ink is floated on water and then skimmed off by passing stiff paper or cardboard just under the surface.
Where does écrémage come from?
It is traced to French.

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