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reillustration

reillustration noun: an alternative illustration of something which has already been illustrated at least once.

Noun

reillustration (uncountable)

  1. An alternative illustration of something which has already been illustrated at least once
    • Another stumper is a 1954 retelling and reillustration by Walt Kelly, of "Pogo" fame, of an episode from Lewis Carroll's novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."2009 January 11, Caleb Crain, “Children of the Left, Unite!”, in New York Times

Origin of reillustration

From re- + illustration.

Questions about reillustration

What does reillustration mean?
Reillustration means an alternative illustration of something which has already been illustrated at least once.
What part of speech is reillustration?
Reillustration is a noun.

Words near reillustration in the dictionary

  1. reillusions
  2. reillustrate
  3. reillustrated
  4. reillustrates
  5. reillustrating
  6. reillustration
  7. Reilly
  8. Reilly-Hickinbottom rearrangement
  9. Reillys
  10. Reils
  11. Reily

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