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Definitions for Intaglio
[1] incised carving, as opposed to carving in relief.
[2] ornamentation with a figure or design sunk below the surface.
[3] a gem, seal, piece of jewelry, or the like, cut with an incised or sunken design.
[4] an incised or countersunk die.
[5] a figure or design so produced.
[6] a process in which a design, text, etc., is engraved into the surface of a plate so that when ink is applied and the excess is wiped off, ink remains in the grooves and is transferred to paper in printing, as in engraving or etching.
[7] an impression or printing from such a design, engraving, etc.
[8] to incise or display in intaglio.
[9] a seal, gem, etc, ornamented with a sunken or incised design, as opposed to a design in relief Compare cameo
[10] the art or process of incised carving
[11] a design, figure, or ornamentation carved, engraved, or etched into the surface of the material used
[12] any of various printing techniques using an etched or engraved plate. The whole plate is smeared with ink, the surface wiped clean, and the ink in the recesses then transferred to the paper or other material
[13] an incised die used to make a design in relief
Words related to Intaglio
illustration, inscription, etching, lithograph, woodcut, ingrain, chisel, inscribe, imprint, etch, embed, impression, scratch, cutting, print, chasing, mezzotint, rotogravure, photogravure, blocking
Words nearby Intaglio
int., int. cib., int. rev., intact, intact dilatation and extraction, intaglio, intake, intake manifold, intake valve, intangible, intarsia
Origin of Intaglio
1635–45; < Italian, derivative of intagliare to cut in, engrave, equivalent to in- in-2 + tagliare to cut < Late Latin tāliāre, derivative of Latin tālea a cutting; see tally
Word origin for Intaglio
C17: from Italian, from intagliare to engrave, from tagliare to cut, from Late Latin tāliāre; see tailor
Synonyms for Intaglio
etching, illustration, inscription, lithograph, woodcut, blocking, chasing, chiselling, cutting, impression, inscribing, mezzotint, photoengraving, photogravure, print, rotogravure, scratch, dry point, enchasing