intaglio - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'intaglio' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Intaglio

[ n.]

- A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.

Nearby Words:

intact intactable intactible intagli intagliated intaglius intail intake intaminated intangibilities

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