Definition of Anaglyphic

1. Adjective. Related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy.


Definition of Anaglyphic

1. a. Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.

2. n. Work chased or embossed relief.

Definition of Anaglyphic

1. Adjective. relating to anaglyphs. ¹

2. Noun. Work with chased or embossed relief. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anaglyphic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anaglyphic

anaesthetizations
anaesthetize
anaesthetized
anaesthetizes
anaesthetizing
anagen
anagen effluvium
anageneses
anagenesis
anagenetic
anagestone acetate
anagetic
anagind
anaginds
anaglyph
anaglyphic (current term)
anaglyphical
anaglyphics
anaglyphs
anaglyphy
anaglypta
anaglyptas
anaglyptic
anaglyptical
anaglyptics
anaglyptograph
anaglyptographic
anaglyptography
anagnorises
anagnorisis

Literary usage of Anaglyphic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature (1827)
"... by transpositions or transformations of the hieroglyphs) ;" and in his tabular view of the différent modes of Egyptian writing, he gires the anaglyphic ..."

2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"A sculptured representation in relief, as distinguished from one in intaglio. anaglyphic. Having the character of an anaglyph : carved in relief. ..."

3. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
""We now propose to follow the evidence of anaglyphic science in proof that the Christians planted and thrived during the first century, into the old trade ..."

4. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1851)
"... but to him, these, as pther simple objects, would have their anaglyphic significancy unrevealed—no hidden language would they speak to the stranger. ..."

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