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GRISAILLE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("grisaille" is a kind of...):
chiaroscuro (a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color)