Gesso Definition

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gesso
noun
Plaster of Paris (or, now, chalk) mixed with glue and applied to flat or carved surfaces or as bas-reliefs, etc. and then painted, gilded, etc.
Webster's New World
A surface of gesso.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Gesso

Noun

Singular:
gesso
Plural:
gessos

Origin of Gesso

  • Italian from Latin gypsum gypsum gypsum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from Italian gesso.

    From Wiktionary

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