glyptic

American  

[glip-tik] / ˈglɪp tɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to carving or engraving on gems or the like.

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noun

1. the act or process of producing glyptic ornaments.

glyptic British  

/ ˈɡlɪptɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to engraving or carving, esp on precious stones

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Etymology

Origin of glyptic

1810–20; < Greek glyptikós of engraving, of stone carving, equivalent to gly-pt ( ós ) carved (verbid of glýphein to engrave, hollow out) + -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

Speed skating is a contained, glyptic art, etching heat applied to ice.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first scene, where husband, wife and wife's lover trade epigrams, has some of the flavor of the early Noel Coward�without, unfortunately, Coward's fine, glyptic phrasing.

From Time Magazine Archive

She went to the uneven parallel bars, where she had scored back-to-back 10s in Montreal, and started her routine with glyptic precision and dancer's grace.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is the consideration of facts of this kind which enables us to understand the origin and importance of what are called "conventions" in pictorial or glyptic art.

From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir

These legendary and gracious beasts, that inspired poets and artists and glyptic engravers—these things of beauty have now descended into the realm of mere usefulness, into the pharmacopoeia.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman