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decalcomania

Syllabification: (de·cal·co·ma·ni·a)

Definition of decalcomania

noun

  • the process of transferring designs from prepared paper onto glass or porcelain.
  • a technique used by some surrealist artists that involves pressing paint between sheets of paper.

Origin:

mid 19th century: from French décalcomanie, from décalquer 'transfer a tracing' + -manie '-mania' (with reference to the enthusiasm for the process in the 1860s)

decalcomania in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of decalcomania in the British & World English dictionary