noun
pl. -·glios·- a design or figure carved, incised, or engraved into a hard material so that it is below the surface
- something, as a gem or stone, ornamented with such a design or figure
- the art or process of making such designs or figures
- a method of printing in which lines forming an image are cut into a metal plate and the incised lines then filled with ink: when a sheet of paper is pressed against the surface of the plate a print (noun) of the image is formed on the paper
- a die cut to produce a design in relief
Origin of intaglio
Italian from intagliare, to cut in, engrave from in-, in + tagliare, to cut from Late Latin taliare: see tailortransitive verb
-·glioed·, -·glio·ing to engrave, carve, etc. in intaglio
