à jour
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of à jour
< French: literally, (open) to daylight
Example Sentences
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The exhibition looks at the variety of techniques used to create such minutely detailed representations, including champlevé, plique à jour and painted enamel.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2009
The unpretending shelter of a newspaper hack, who lives à jour la journée, and whose wife must achieve wonders in the way of domestic economy in order to eke out his modest earnings.
From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
On the top of the structure were semicircular bronze ornaments worked "à jour," that is, in open relief, without background, and crowned by the monogram of Christ.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
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