tempera, poster paint, poster color, poster colour
(noun) pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tempera (countable and uncountable, plural temperas)
A medium used to bind pigments in painting, as well as the associated artistic techniques.
Coordinate term: oil paint
(countable) A painting done in this medium.
• Tampere, treemap
Source: Wiktionary
Tem"pe*ra, n. Etym: [It.] (Paint.)
Definition: A mode or process of painting; distemper.
Note: The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
