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Lightfast

//ˈlaɪtfæst// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Resistant to fading.

    "Verdigris is lightfast in oil paint, as numerous examples of fifteenth-century paintings show."

Etymology

From light + fast. Compare Icelandic litfast (“colourfast”).

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