Glyptic is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.
You can make 99 anagrams from letters in glyptic (cgilpty).
1810-20; Greek glyptikós of engraving, of stone carving, equivalent to gly-pt(ós) carved (verbid of glýphein to engrave, hollow out) + -ikos -ic
This preposterous effort of the glyptic art has the one merit of serving as a finger-board.
With the revival of the glyptic art, cameos begin to play a prominent part in jewellery.
The second period in Japanese glyptic art extends from the beginning of the 13th to the early part of the 17th century.
All the arts of sculpture in clay may be summed up under the word "Plastic," and all of those in stone, under the word "glyptic."
All the arts of sculpture in clay may be summed up under the word 'Plastic,' and all of those in stone, under the word 'glyptic.'
He belongs to a class of experts called uchimono-shi (hammerers) who perform preparatory work for glyptic artists in metal.
The chief distinguishing feature is that the glyptic character is preserved at the expense of surface finish.
The present generation is more systematically commercial in its glyptic produce than any previous age.
This art, which is denominated lithoglyptics, or the glyptic art, was held in great estimation by the Greeks in ancient times.
If we have regard to the highest qualities of glyptic art, Sassanian sculpture must be said here to culminate.
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