Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surmoulage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sur-moulage
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fraudulent practice of taking a casting directly from a sculpture rather than from the artist's original.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French surmoulage.

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What does surmoulage mean?
The fraudulent practice of taking a casting directly from a sculpture rather than from the artist's original.
Where does surmoulage come from?
It is traced to French.

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