camaieu

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camaieu

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Borrowed from French camaïeu. Doublet of cameo.

noun camaieus · camaieux · camayeu

A style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours.
A style of printing pictures producing the effect of a pencil drawing.
A cameo (relief carving).

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@misc{camaieu_2026,
  title = {camaieu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/camaieu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}