Toreutics meaning

tə-ro͝o'tĭks

The art of working metal or other materials by the use of embossing and chasing to form minute detailed reliefs.

noun

The art of making toreutic work.

noun

The art of making relief or intaglio designs, especially by chasing, carving or embossing in metal.

noun

From Greek toreutikos of metal work from toreutos worked in relief from toreuein to work in relief from toreus a boring tool terə-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek Ï„Î¿ÏÎµÏ…Ï„Î¹ÎºÏŒÏ‚ (toreutikos, “of metal work"), from Ï„Î¿ÏÎµÏ…Ï„ÏŒÏ‚ (toreutos, “worked in relief"), from Ï„Î¿ÏÎÏ‰ (toreÅ, “I work in relief"), from Ï„Î¿ÏÎµÏ…Ï‚ (toreÃºs, “a boring tool"), from Proto-Indo-European *terÉ™-.

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