Intaglio (noun)
in-tal-yo
An impression or printing from a design, engraving, etc. / incised carving, as opposed to carving in relief. / a gem, seal, piece of jewelry, or the like, cut with an incised or sunken design.
1635–45; < Italian, derivative of intagliare to cut in, engrave, equivalent to in- + tagliare to cut, Late Latin tāliāre, derivative of Latin tālea a cutting; tally
Example sentences
“The glass intaglio depicts Jesus as an eagle.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
