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Definition of aquatint noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

aquatint

noun
 
/ˈækwətɪnt/
 
/ˈɑːkwətɪnt/
[uncountable, countable] (specialist)
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  1. a method of producing a picture using acid on a metal plate; a picture produced using this method
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French aquatinte, from Italian acqua tinta ‘coloured water’.
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