megilp
/məˈɡɪlp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mixture of linseed oil with turpentine or mastic varnish, used as a thickener for oil paints but later discredited as a source of cracking and yellowing.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "He was in a hurry […] and instead of replicating the twenty or so layers of paint in the original he used megilp to give the impression of thickly applied paint."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /məˈɡɪlp/
- British English: /məˈɡɪlp/