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toreutics

toreutics noun: the art of making relief or intaglio designs, especially by chasing, carving or embossing in metal.

Noun

toreutics (uncountable)

  1. The art of making relief or intaglio designs, especially by chasing, carving or embossing in metal

Origin of toreutics

From Ancient Greek τορευτικός (toreutikós, “of metal work”), from τορευτός (toreutós, “worked in relief”), from τορέω (toréō, “I work in relief”), from τορευς (toreus, “a boring tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *terə-.

Questions about toreutics

What does toreutics mean?
Toreutics means the art of making relief or intaglio designs, especially by chasing, carving or embossing in metal.
What part of speech is toreutics?
Toreutics is a noun.

Words near toreutics in the dictionary

  1. torets
  2. Toretsk
  3. Toretto
  4. toreumatography
  5. toreutic
  6. toreutics
  7. Toreva
  8. Torevell
  9. Torey
  10. torezolid
  11. Torfaen

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