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

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

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 Brinkley, F. (Frank)

He would not confine it to glyptic art, nor indeed to art alone—all the uses of life might be bettered by it.

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth