| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| aquatint |
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| SYLLABICATION: | aq·ua·tint |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   k w -t nt , äkw- |
| NOUN: | 1. A process of etching capable of producing several tones by varying the etching time of different areas of a copper plate so that the resulting print resembles the flat tints of an ink or wash drawing. 2. An etching made by this process. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French aquatinte, from Italian acquatinta : acqua, water (from Latin aqua; see aqua) + tinta, dyed (from Latin tincta, feminine past participle of tingere, to dye). | | OTHER FORMS: | aqua·tint —VERB
aqua·tinter, aqua·tintist —NOUN
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