noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 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. 2
   a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color wordnet
3. 3
   An etching or print made using this method.
4. 4
   an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To make such etchings.
2. 2
   etch in aquatint wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

autolithographblockblock printcerographychalcographychromolithograph

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

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

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