Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grisaille

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: gri-saille
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In painting, a method of working which employs only varying values of gray to create form. Often a preliminary step in a fully colored painting.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A stained-glass window in this style.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Very pertinent relationships between these grisailles of the vegetal type and Islamic transennas have been established by Eva Frodl-Kraft, between that of Obazine with palmettes enchâssées, and a transenna from the Umayyad castle of Qasr-el Heir al Gharbi (about 727-750), today reconstructed at the National Museum in Damascus, and with a plaque, probably of Syrian origin, reused over a tomb in San Marco in Venice."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French grisaille.

Usage

Inflected Forms

grisailles (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does grisaille mean?: In painting, a method of working which employs only varying values of gray to create form. Often a preliminary step in a fully colored painting.
Where does grisaille come from?: Unadapted borrowing from French grisaille.

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