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TROMPE L'OEIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trompe l'oeil mean? 

TROMPE L'OEIL (noun)
  The noun TROMPE L'OEIL has 1 sense:

1. a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its realityplay

  Familiarity information: TROMPE L'OEIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TROMPE L'OEIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("trompe l'oeil" is a kind of...):

painting; picture (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface)


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