the art of making toreutic work
toreutics
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toreutics
noun
used with a sing. verbThe art of working metal or other materials by the use of embossing and chasing to form minute detailed reliefs.
Origin of toreutics
From Greek toreutikos of metal work from toreutos worked in relief from toreuein to work in relief from toreus a boring tool ; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- to·reu′tic
adjective
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Noun
(uncountable)
Origin
From Ancient Greek τοÏευτικός (toreutikos, “of metal work"), from τοÏευτός (toreutos, “worked in relief"), from τοÏÎω (toreÅ, “I work in relief"), from τοÏευς (toreús, “a boring tool"), from Proto-Indo-European *terÉ™-.
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