CAMEO
cameo
(noun) engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cameo (plural cameos or cameoes)
A piece of jewelry, etc, carved in relief.
A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song.
Verb
cameo (third-person singular simple present cameos, present participle cameoing, simple past and past participle cameoed)
To appear in a cameo role.
Anagrams
• Meaco, comae
Source: Wiktionary
Cam"e*o, n.; pl. Cameos. Etym: [It cammeo; akin to F. camée, camaïeu, Sp. camafeo, LL. camaeus, camahutus; of unknown origin.]
Definition: A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.
Note: Most cameos are carved in a material which has layers of different colors, such stones as the onyx and sardonyx, and various kinds of shells, being used. Cameo conch (Zoöl.), a large, marine, univalve shell, esp. Cassis cameo, C. rua, and allied species, used for cutting cameos. See Quern conch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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