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gesso

/ˈd͡ʒɛsəʊ/

Rhymes with -ɛsəʊ

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Borrowed from Italian gesso. Doublet of gypsum. Compare Portuguese gesso (“gypsum; plaster, cast”) and Spanish yeso (“gypsum; plaster, cast”).

noun gessos · gessoes

uncountable, usually A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for painting. 1994, Timothy Noad, Patricia Seligman, The Illuminated Alphabet, The Quarto Group (Chartwell Books), 2017, page 27, The combination of leaf gold and gesso is almost miraculous. No photographic reproduction can adequately show the brilliant effect of raised gesso.
uncountable, usually A work of art done in gesso.

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noun mixture of plaster of Paris and glue

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@misc{gesso_2026,
  title = {gesso},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gesso},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}