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語源

Borrowed from Italian niello, from Latin nigellus (“blackish”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /niˈɛləʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /niˈɛloʊ/

名詞

niello (countable and uncountable, plural niellos or nielli)

1. (metallurgy) Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 283:

     a young woman named Renata, with a gesturing of her dark curls, beckoned him in with a cigarette-case of Russian silver and niello, which sprang open to reveal a collection of “smokes” […]

2. An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid.

派生語

• nielloware

関連する語

動詞

niello (third-person singular simple present niellos, present participle nielloing, simple past and past participle nielloed)

1. (transitive) To decorate (a surface) using this technique.

アナグラム

• Lionel, O'Neill, lionel, loline, nollie