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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French repoussé (“pushed up”), ultimately from Latin pulsare (“to push”).
Pronunciation
Noun
repoussé (uncountable)
- A metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side.
1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 60:[…] } the extraordinary thinness of the walls of these vases, which reminds us of the finest china, or even of Venetian glass. Some of them have elements in their designs stamped out into low relief to represent the repoussé ornament natural to such metal-work.
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Verb
repoussé (third-person singular simple present repoussés, present participle repousséing, simple past and past participle repousséed or repousséd)
- To use this metalworking technique.
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French
Pronunciation
Participle
repoussé (feminine repoussée, masculine plural repoussés, feminine plural repoussées)
- past participle of repousser
Adjective
repoussé (feminine repoussée, masculine plural repoussés, feminine plural repoussées)
- repelled, repulsed
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