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camaieux

camaieux 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 camaieux

What is camaieux the plural of?
Camaieux is the plural of camaieu.

Words near camaieux in the dictionary

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

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