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gouache [gwahsh, goo-ahsh; French gwash] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, plural gouach·es [gwah-shiz, goo-ah-shiz; French gwash] /ˈgwɑ ʃɪz, guˈɑ ʃɪz; French ˈgwaʃ/ for 3. a technique of painting with opaque watercolors prepared with gum. an opaque color used in painting a gouache. a work painted using gouache. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of gouache 1880–85; French Italian guazzo place where there is water ≪ Latin aquātiō, derivative of aqua waterCan be confusedgauche gouache Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for gouache Historical Examples of gouache
He worked in gouache and his style is said to have influenced Hall.
J. J. Foster
The leaf, which has been removed from the stick, is of paper, painted in gouache.
George Woolliscroft Rhead
The paper mount is painted in gouache; and on the reverse is a view of a fort.
George Woolliscroft Rhead
Gouache laughed a little and looked at Orsino as though asking his opinion.
F. Marion Crawford
The hounds did not meet on that day, or he would not have been at Gouache’s at all.
F. Marion Crawford
British Dictionary definitions for gouache gouache noun Also called: body colour a painting technique using opaque watercolour paint in which the pigments are bound with glue and the lighter tones contain white the paint used in this technique a painting done by this method Word Origin for gouache C19: from French, from Italian guazzo puddle, from Latin aquātiō a watering place, from aqua water Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for gouache
1882, from French gouache, from Italian guazzo “water color,” originally “spray, pool,” from Latin aquatio “watering, watering place,” from aquatus, past participle of aquari “to bring water for drinking,” from aqua (see aqua-).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
