Definitions for sfumato

sfumato sfu·ma·to

Spelling: [sfoo-mah-toh]
IPA: /sfuˈmɑ toʊ/

Sfumato is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 182 anagrams from letters in sfumato (afmostu).

Definitions for sfumato

noun

  1. the subtle and minute gradation of tone and color used to blur or veil the contours of a form in painting.

Origin of sfumato

1840-50; Italian, past participle of sfumare to gradate tone or color, equivalent to s- Latin ex- ex-1 + fumare to smoke Latin fumāre; see Examples for sfumato

It is like a picture, or a succession of pictures, painted in what the Italians call the sfumato, or "smoky" manner.

All the secrets of richness, softness, and morbidenza, all the mysteries of pastoso and sfumato were his.

The gods were everything and nothing; they got lost in a sfumato.

Word Value for sfumato
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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