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empaestic en · ADJ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐμπαιστικός (empaistikós, “embossed”), from ἐμπαίω (empaíō), from παίω (paíō, “strike”).

Meanings

1. (rare) Embossed, especially of Ancient Greek art.
   • Semper called attention to the empaestic character of the reliefs, and his remarks have often been repeated. 1897, “Two Reliefs from Assos”, in American journal of archaeology, page 512:
   • The empaestic pictures of the Jews in the minds of those who dislike them are seldom devoid of any grain of truth: yet such images are always falsifications of the truth. 1949, Jewish Affairs, volume 4, page 11:

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