ectypography

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκτυπος (éktupos, “relief”) +‎ -graphy. Compare ectype.

Pronunciation

Noun

ectypography (uncountable)

  1. A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ectypography”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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