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aq⋅ua⋅relle

  [ak-wuh-rel, ah-kwuh-; Fr. a-kwa-rel]
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–noun, plural -relles  [-relz; Fr. -rel] .
1. a watercolor.
2. Printing. a printed picture that has been colored manually by applying watercolor through stencils, each color requiring a different stencil.
Origin:
1865–70; < F < It acquarella (now obs.) watercolor, equiv. to L aquār(ius) of water (see aquarium ) + It -ella -elle

Related forms:
aq⋅ua⋅rel⋅list, noun
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aq·ua·relle   (āk'wə-rěl', ä'kwə-)   
n.  A drawing done in transparent watercolors.

[French, from obsolete Italian acquarella, water color, diminutive of acqua, water, from Latin aqua; see akw-ā- in Indo-European roots.]
aq'ua·rel'list n.
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