fumage
Fumage
Hearth taxHearth tax.
/ˈfjuːmɪd͡ʒ/
Meaning
2 senses(historical, uncountable)Hearth tax.
(uncountable)A surrealist art technique, devised by Wolfgang Paalen, in which impressions are made by the smoke of a candle or kerosene lamp on a piece of paper or canvas.
Fumage
Translations
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art technique:
Origin
From Old French fumage, fumaige, from Latin fumus (“smoke”).From Old French fumage, fumaige, from Latin fumus (“smoke”).
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsfumato
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable