Definitions for relievos

relievos re·lie·vo

Spelling: [ri-lee-voh, ril-yev-oh]
IPA: /rɪˈli voʊ, rɪlˈyɛv oʊ/

Relievos is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 297 anagrams from letters in relievos (eeilorsv).

Definitions for relievos

noun

  1. Obsolete. relief2 (defs 2, 3).

Origin of relievos

1615-25; Italian rilievo relief2, derivative of rilevare to raise Latin relevāre; see relieve

Examples for relievos

I suppose in a minute you'll ask me to admit that prisoners'-base was relievo.

Long rows of windows ranged away, separated by panoplies, in relievo, and by busts on small pedestals.

Of the relievo, the historical combat appeals to the passions; and, being historical, probably to the intellect.

The relievo was his favourite performance, and very justly so.

In one relievo a splendidly caparisoned state elephant flings its feet in imitation of the dancing girl near by.

Some gravestones occurred, finely painted and gilded, as the Turkish manner is, with characters in relievo.

On the east side the arms of Scotland, with a Cupid holding a thistle all in relievo.

It required nothing but the substitution of wood for stone and of relievo for intaglio to give that art the form it now has.

Over this colonnade stood a third, in the base of which was represented, in relievo, a party of hunting animals of every kind.

The "relievo dei Cavalli" at Alcamo offers no relief for you!

Word Value for relievos
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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