empaestic

English

Alternative forms

• empaistic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐμπαιστικός (empaistikós, “embossed”), from ἐμπαίω (empaíō), from παίω (paíō, “strike”).

Adjective

empaestic (comparative more empaestic, superlative most empaestic)

1. (art, rare) Embossed, especially of Ancient Greek art.
   • 1897, “Two Reliefs from Assos”, in American journal of archaeology, page 512:

     Semper called attention to the empaestic character of the reliefs, and his remarks have often been repeated.

   • 1949, Jewish Affairs, volume 4, page 11:

     The empaestic pictures of the Jews in the minds of those who dislike them are seldom devoid of any grain of truth: yet such images are always falsifications of the truth.

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