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Sculptured
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noun
1.
the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
2.
such works of art collectively.
3.
an individual piece of such work.
verb (used with object)
4.
to carve, model, weld, or otherwise produce (a piece of sculpture).
5.
to produce a portrait or image of in this way; represent in sculpture.
6.
Physical Geography. to change the form of (the land surface) by erosion.
verb (used without object)
7.
to work as a sculptor.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Latin sculptūra, equivalent to sculpt(us) (past participle of sculpere to carve) + -ūra -ure
1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Latin sculptūra, equivalent to sculpt(us) (past participle of sculpere to carve) + -ūra -ure
Related forms
sculp·tur·al, adjective
sculp·tur·al·ly, adverb
non·sculp·tur·al, adjective
non·sculp·tur·al·ly, adverb
re·sculp·ture, verb (used with object) -tured, -tur·ing.
EXPANDun·sculp·tur·al, adjective
COLLAPSE
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
sculpture
1390, from L. sculptura "sculpture," from pp. stem of sculpere "to carve, engrave," back-formation from compounds such as exculpere, from scalpere "to carve, cut," from PIE base *(s)kel- "to cut, cleave." Sculptor is first recorded 1634, from L. sculptor, from sculpere.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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