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rotogravure

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From German Rotogravur, derived from the Berlin printing firm Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft, the name of which is conjectured to be a portmanteau of Rotophot and Deutsche Photogravur.

noun rotogravures

  1. uncountable A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
  2. countable A print made by such a method. On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us, And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure.

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@misc{rotogravure_2026,
  title = {rotogravure},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rotogravure},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}