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TROMPE L'OEIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trompe l'oeil mean?
• TROMPE L'OEIL (noun)
The noun TROMPE L'OEIL has 1 sense:
1. a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality
Familiarity information: TROMPE L'OEIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("trompe l'oeil" is a kind of...):
painting; picture (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface)
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