lithograph
lithograph Lexical Profile
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• noun
A print or artwork produced by lithography, a planographic printing process in which a design is drawn onto a flat stone or metal plate using a greasy medium that repels water and retains ink.
"The art gallery displayed an original nineteenth-century lithograph by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec."
• verb
To print, reproduce, or create an image, text, or design by the process of lithography.
"The workshop was commissioned to lithograph a limited edition of botanical illustrations on heavy cotton paper."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 19th century from French 'lithographe', formed from Ancient Greek 'lithos' (meaning 'stone') and '-graphos' (meaning 'written' or 'drawn'), after the printing process invented by Alois Senefelder in 1796.
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