English Explanatory Dictionary

toreutics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

toreutics

Etymology

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-.

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