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camaieu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ca-maieu
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours.

noun

A style of printing pictures producing the effect of a pencil drawing.

noun

A cameo (relief carving).

Etymology

Borrowed from French camaïeu. Doublet of cameo.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

camaieus (plural) camaieux (plural) camayeu (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

cameo cirage grisaille

Questions

What does camaieu mean?
A style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours.
Where does camaieu come from?
It is traced to French.

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