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coelanaglyphic

Syllables: coel·a·na·glyph·ic/ˌsiːlænəˈɡlɪfɪk/US/ˌsilænəˈɡlɪfɪk/

coelanaglyphic adjective: in the form of cavo-rilievo (“sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the surrounding surface”).

coelanaglyphic: in the form of cavo-rilievo (“sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part...
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Adjective

coelanaglyphic (not comparable)

  1. (sculpture) In the form of cavo-rilievo (“sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the surrounding surface”).
    • The varieties of relief are still further distinguished as […] cavo-rilievo, hollow relief, also called intaglio rilevato, or cœlanaglyphic sculpture, an Egyptian form of relief obtained by cutting a furrow with sloping sides around a figure previously outlined on a stone surface, leaving the...1895, “relief”, in William Dwight Whitney, editor, The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume VI, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 5062, column 1
    • The Egyptian column, covered with painted figures from top to bottom, and in many cases wrought with cœlanaglyphic sculptures which are then elaborately treated in colour, was more in itself, shaft and capital taken together, than any column of the Greeks. [Footnote 12: Cœlanaglyphic; also...1916, Russell Sturgis, “The Columnar Architecture”, in A History of Architecture, volume I (Antiquity), Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, book I (Ancient Egypt), page 30

Forms of coelanaglyphic

alternative form (obsolete)cœlanaglyphic
alternative form (obsolete)koilanaglyphic

Origin of coelanaglyphic

From coel- (a variant of coelo- (prefix meaning ‘hollow’)) + anaglyphic (“relating to an anaglyph”), modelled after French coilanaglyphique. Coelo- is derived from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow; concave; a cavity, hollow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell; to be strong”)), while anaglyphic is derived from anaglyph (“decorative ornament worked in low relief or bas relief”) (from Ancient Greek ἀναγλυφή (anagluphḗ, “a work in low relief”), from ανα- (ana-, prefix meaning ‘above; upward’) + γλῠ́φειν (glŭ́phein) (the active infinitive of γλῠ́φω (glŭ́phō, “to carve, engrave”), from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to split”))) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns).

Words that rhyme with coelanaglyphic

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Questions about coelanaglyphic

What does coelanaglyphic mean?
Coelanaglyphic means in the form of cavo-rilievo (“sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the surrounding surface”).
What part of speech is coelanaglyphic?
Coelanaglyphic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce coelanaglyphic?
Coelanaglyphic is pronounced /ˌsiːlænəˈɡlɪfɪk/ (UK).

Words near coelanaglyphic in the dictionary

  1. coelacanthine
  2. coelacanthoid
  3. coelacanthoids
  4. coelacanthous
  5. coelacanths
  6. coelanaglyphic
  7. Coelbren
  8. coelder
  9. coelders
  10. Coele
  11. Coele-Syria

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