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decalcomania

noun
de·​cal·​co·​ma·​nia | \ di-ˌkal-kə-ˈmā-nē-ə How to pronounce decalcomania (audio) \

Definition of decalcomania

1 : the art or process of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper (as to glass)
2 : decal

Examples of decalcomania in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 To bring her surrealist works to life, British artist Ithell Colquhoun employed techniques ranging from fumage to decalcomania, entopic graphomania and parsemage. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "Tate Acquires Archive of Works by Little-Known Surrealist Ithell Colquhoun," 17 July 2019

First Known Use of decalcomania

1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for decalcomania

French décalcomanie, from décalquer to copy by tracing (from dé- de- + calquer to trace, from Italian calcare, literally, to tread, from Latin) + manie mania, from Late Latin mania — more at caulk

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