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

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Example Sentences

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glyptic

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

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

And masks to be used in mimetic dances, such as the No, received attention from many great glyptic artists.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley

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 Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester

He stated that the finest Assyrian bass-reliefs in the British Museum came from the same palace as this specimen, the carving of which is not excelled by any period of the ancient glyptic art.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 by Various

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