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tempera grassa

tempera grassa noun: a variety of tempera painting technique in which oil is added to the egg yolk-pigment mixture.

Noun

tempera grassa (uncountable)

  1. A variety of tempera painting technique in which oil is added to the egg yolk-pigment mixture.

Origin of tempera grassa

Borrowed from Italian tempera grassa.

Questions about tempera grassa

What does tempera grassa mean?
Tempera grassa means a variety of tempera painting technique in which oil is added to the egg yolk-pigment mixture.
What part of speech is tempera grassa?
Tempera grassa is a noun.

Words near tempera grassa in the dictionary

  1. temper tantrums
  2. temper temper
  3. temper'd
  4. temper-tantrumy
  5. tempera
  6. tempera grassa
  7. temperability
  8. temperable
  9. temperament
  10. temperamental
  11. temperamentalism

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