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camaieus

camaieus is the plural of camaieu.

Meaning of camaieu

Noun

camaieu (plural camaieus or camaieux)

  1. A style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours.
  2. A style of printing pictures producing the effect of a pencil drawing.
  3. A cameo (relief carving).

Questions about camaieus

What is camaieus the plural of?
Camaieus is the plural of camaieu.

Words near camaieus in the dictionary

  1. camagon
  2. camagons
  3. Camaguey
  4. Camagüey
  5. camaieu
  6. camaieus
  7. camaieux
  8. camail
  9. camailed
  10. camails
  11. Camaj

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