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Definition: DEMI-RILIEVO

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.[Websters]
2. A work of sculpture of the above character.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Demi-rilievo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Demi-rilievo \Dem"i-ri*lie"vo\, noun. [Prefix demi- Italian rilievo.]. (references)

Definition: DEMI-RILIEVO

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.[Websters]
2. A work of sculpture of the above character.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DEMI-RILIEVO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Demi-rilievo \Dem"i-ri*lie"vo\, noun. [Prefix demi- Italian rilievo.]. (references)