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serigraph

[ ser-i-graf, -grahf ]

noun

  1. a print made by the silkscreen process.


serigraph

/ ˈsɛrɪˌɡræf; səˈrɪɡrəfɪ; -ˌɡrɑːf /

noun

  1. a colour print made by an adaptation of the silk-screen process
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • serigraphy, noun
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Other Words From

  • se·rig·ra·pher [si-, rig, -r, uh, -fer], noun
  • se·rigra·phy noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of serigraph1

1885–90; seri- (as in sericulture ) + -graph
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Word History and Origins

Origin of serigraph1

C19: from seri-, from Latin sēricum silk + -graph
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Example Sentences

But, careful: Bears, wolves and eagles lurk on prints, serigraphs and drums close at hand.

The prints are listed primarily as serigraph, also known as silk-screen, or relief, which includes woodcut and linocut.

Throughout, she made art: paintings, lithographs, linocuts and serigraphs, delving into abstraction but most frequently creating works that centered the Black figure.

His serigraphs of whales and birds were bright and joyful.

Other paintings, drawings, photographs and serigraphs show lowrider street scenes from around the U.S.

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