Pastellic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of pastels. rare

    "Two other children play about her, and alongside the husband's strong, vigorous figure wrestles with his refractory horse. This decoration, purely pastellic in impression, is so soft and plastic that the clear colour seems ready to come off […]"

Example

More examples

"Two other children play about her, and alongside the husband's strong, vigorous figure wrestles with his refractory horse. This decoration, purely pastellic in impression, is so soft and plastic that the clear colour seems ready to come off […]"

Etymology

From pastel + -ic.

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