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单词 melanochalcographer
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melanochalcographern.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μελανο- , chalcographer n.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μελανο- melano- comb. form + chalcographer n.Evelyn uses the word of Ludwig von Siegen, inventor of the technique of mezzotint, which is characterized by use of rich blacks.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who engraves copper plates for printing. Cf. chalcographer n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > copperplate engraving > person
chalcographer1662
melanochalcographer1697
chalcographist1727
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata viii. 283 The late Melanochalcographer N. de Seigen; who..first produced the Mezzo-Tinto Graving.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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