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imprimatura

imprimatura noun: an initial stain of color painted on a ground.

Noun

imprimatura

  1. (painting) An initial stain of color painted on a ground.

Questions about imprimatura

What does imprimatura mean?
Imprimatura means an initial stain of color painted on a ground.
What part of speech is imprimatura?
Imprimatura is a noun.

Words near imprimatura in the dictionary

  1. impreventable
  2. imprevisibility
  3. imprevisible
  4. imprimantur
  5. imprimatur
  6. imprimatura
  7. imprimaturs
  8. imprime
  9. imprimed
  10. imprimeries
  11. imprimery

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