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GRISAILLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grisaille mean?
• GRISAILLE (noun)
The noun GRISAILLE has 1 sense:
1. chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief
Familiarity information: GRISAILLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("grisaille" is a kind of...):
chiaroscuro (a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color)
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