rhyparography
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Rhyparography — Rhy pa*rog ra*phy, n. [Gr. ???? painting foul or mean objects; ryparo s filthy, dirty + gra fein to write, paint.] In ancient art, the painting of genre or still life pictures. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rhyparography — rhypa·rog·ra·phy … English syllables
rhyparography — n. painting or description of mean or sordid things; still life or genre painting. ♦ rhyparographer, ♦ rhyparographist, n. ♦ rhyparographic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
rhyparography — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrägrəfē noun ( es) Etymology: Greek rhyparographos painting sordid subjects (from rhyparos filthy, dirty + graphos writing, painting from graphein to write ) + English y more at carve 1. : the painting or literary depiction of … Useful english dictionary
rhyparographic — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ rō|grafik adjective Etymology: French rhyparographique, from Greek rhyparographos + French ique ic : of or relating to rhyparography * * * rhyparographic / grafˈik/ adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑rhyparography … Useful english dictionary
