Gouache Definition

gwäsh, go͝o-äsh
noun
A way of painting with opaque colors ground in water and mixed with a preparation of gum.
Webster's New World
A pigment of this sort.
Webster's New World
A painting made with such pigments.
Webster's New World
A painting executed in this manner.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Gouache

Noun

Singular:
gouache
Plural:
gouaches

Origin of Gouache

  • French from Italian guazzo from Latin aquātiō watering from aquātus past participle of aquārī to fetch water from aqua water akw-ā- in Indo-European roots

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

  • Borrowing from French.

    From Wiktionary

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