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repoussoir

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re⋅pous⋅soir

  [ruh-poo-swahr]
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–noun Painting.
a figure or object in the extreme foreground: used as a contrast and to increase the illusion of depth.
Origin:
1870–75; < F, equiv. to repouss(er) to push back (see repoussé) + -oir -ory 2
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