STEREOCHROMIES

STEREOCHROMY

Ste`re*och"ro*my, n. Etym: [Stereo- + Gr. chrw^ma color.]

Definition: A style of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which the colors are rendered permanent by sprinklings of water, in which is mixed a proportion of soluble glass (a silicate of soda).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

14 January 2025

SUCH

(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”


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Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

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