Definitions For Camaieu

Noun

CAMAIEU (plural s or camaieux) (arts) A style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours. (arts) A style of printing pictures producing the effect of a pencil drawing. (arts) A cameo {{qual, relief carving}}.

Related terms

cameo

Alternative forms

camayeu

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, fr, camaïeu}}.

See also

cirage grisaille

Is Camaieu a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
14

The word Camaieu is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

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