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noun, plural gri·sailles 
[-zahyz, -zeylz; Fr. -zah-yuh] for 2.
[-zahyz, -zeylz; Fr. -zah-yuh] for 2. 1.
monochromatic painting in shades of gray.
2.
a work of art, as a painting or stained-glass window, executed in grisaille.
Origin:
1840–50; < French: painted in gray monotone, equivalent to gris gray + -aille noun suffix
1840–50; < French: painted in gray monotone, equivalent to gris gray + -aille noun suffix
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Grisaille
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