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plein-air

plein-air is the alternative form of plein air.

Meaning of plein air

Adjective

plein air (not comparable)

  1. (painting) Done outdoors.
    • The general editor, Dr William Ruminant, directing the full resources of his Institute, operating at the highest levels of textual terrain, could care less for the plein air scenics of mere biography.2014, Guy Mantis, “Afterword”, in Page Nelson, edited by William Ruminant, A Book of Emblems […], revised edition, Another Sparrow Press, →ISBN, page 1

Questions about plein-air

What is plein-air the alternative form of?
Plein-air is the alternative form of plein air.

Words near plein-air in the dictionary

  1. pleiads
  2. pleid
  3. pleids
  4. Pleiku
  5. plein air
  6. plein-air
  7. pleinairism
  8. pleinairist
  9. pleinairists
  10. pleio-
  11. pleiobar

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