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camaeus.

cameo;

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. cameo (jewellery carved in relief)

    Medieval-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Unknown, first attested 1295. Perhaps borrowed from Classical Persian خماهن (xumāhan, “agate”) or Arabic قَمَائِل (qamāʔil, “buds of a flower”). Compare French camaïeu.

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