Palekh
/ˈpɑːlɛk
/adjective
Denoting a type of Russian iconography or a style of miniature painting on boxes, trays, and other small items.The journalists presented Renata with a Palekh lacquerware coffer.’...
- Palekh painting wasn't born accidentally.
- Kholui miniatures share some traits with both Palekh and Mstera art, yet maintain a distinctive lyrical quality of their own.
Origin
From the name of a town north-east of Moscow renowned for this type of work.
Rhymes
- commission officer
- commission of the peace
- commission rank
- commissionship
- commission store
- commissive
- commissively
- commissorial
- commissural
- commissure
- commissurotomy
- commis voyageur
- commit
- commitment
- commitment ceremony
- commitment fee
- commitment letter
- commitment order
- commitment-phobe
- commitment phobia
- commitment-phobic
- commitment ring
- commitology
- committable
- committal