Definitions for tempera

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tempera tem·per·a

Spelling: [tem-per-uh]

IPA: /ˈtɛm pər ə/

Tempera is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in tempera (aeemprt).

Definitions for tempera

noun

1. a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
2. a painting executed in this technique.
3. a water paint used in this technique in which the egg-water or egg-oil emulsion is used as a binder. Compare distemper2 (defs 1, 2).

Origin of tempera

1825-35; Italian, short for (pingere a) tempera (painting in) distemper, derivative of temperare to mingle, temper; see temper

Examples for tempera

He displayed an old-fashioned preference for painting in tempera.

When not painting fresco he is constant to the use of tempera.

He painted in tempera and finished his work with care and deliberation.

Its general tone is bluish green with mosaic walls and floor and a wooden ceiling decorated in tempera with cufic inscriptions.

Will you kindly advise me on the tempera, of which I send a tube?

The tempera picture from which it was engraved was bought by Mr. Butts, but has been lost sight of now for many years.

In tempera painting the colours were mixed with egg, gum, and other vehicles dissolved in water, and laid upon a dry ground.

The colours Pg 175 are known in the trade as tempera colours.

“Bianca” was painted in tempera from a beautiful young American.

First there are the tempera pictures, or “frescoes,” as he termed them.