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Definition of trompe l'œil noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

trompe l'œil

noun

noun

NAmE//ˌtrɔmp ˈlɔɪ//

(pl. trompe l'œils

NAmE//ˌtrɔmp ˈlɔɪ//

) (from French)

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a painting or design intended to make the person looking at it think that it is a real object

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