Meanings
plural rilievos · plural rilievi
- archaicartA relief.
One of the rilievos on the outer wall of the church seems to belong to an early period of the Longobard dominion in Italy, when that nation was still Arian: […]
1840, The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, volume ?, page ?
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
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Origin
- Italianrilievo
- Englishrilievo
From Italian rilievo. Doublet of relief.
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rilievo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rilievo
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