What does "aquatint" mean?

A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.

Aquatint

Common synonyms include: autolithograph, block, block print, cerography, chalcography, chromolithograph.

/ˈækwətɪnt/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.
"Aquatint is a laborious process that involves acids and resistants and emphasizes tone over line."
2
a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color wordnet
3
An etching or print made using this method.
4
an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color wordnet

Verb

"Aquatint is a laborious process that involves acids and resistants and emphasizes tone over line."

Borrowed from Italian acquatinta (literally “dyed water”).