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droste effect

/ˈdɹɔstə əˈfɛkt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
droste -ef-fect
IPA
/ˈdɹɔstə əˈfɛkt/
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The effect of a picture appearing within itself recursively, so that the inner picture contains another even smaller picture, and so on.

Etymology

Droste + effect, from Dutch Droste, from German Droste. From the image used on Droste-brand cocoa powder, one of the main Dutch brands, of a nurse carrying a serving tray with a cup of hot chocolate and a box with the same image. Named after Dutch businessman Gerardus Johannes Droste who founded the company in 1863.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Droste effects (plural)

Synonyms

mise en abyme

Questions

How do you pronounce droste effect?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹɔstə əˈfɛkt/.
What does droste effect mean?
The effect of a picture appearing within itself recursively, so that the inner picture contains another even smaller picture, and so on.
Where does droste effect come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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