Toreutics definition
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
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 terə-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Ancient Greek τορευτικός (toreutikos, “of metal work"), from τορευτός (toreutos, “worked in relief"), from τορέω (toreō, “I work in relief"), from τορευς (toreús, “a boring tool"), from Proto-Indo-European *terÉ™-.
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