Definitions for pastose

pastose pas·tose

Spelling: [pa-stohs]
IPA: /pæˈstoʊs/

Pastose is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in pastose (aeopsst).

Definitions for pastose

adjective

  1. having a heavy impasto.

Origin of pastose

First recorded in 1775-85, pastose is from the Italian word pastoso doughy. See paste, -ose1

Examples for pastose

His flesh, less clear than it afterwards became, is pastose and burnished.

His flesh, less clear than it afterwards becomes, is pastose and burnished.

Taddeo was very bold in his work, and had a manner passing soft and pastose, and very far removed from the hardness often seen.

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