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NOUN:
  1. A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk. Also called poster color, poster paint.
  2. Painting done in this medium.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian, from temperare, to mingle, from Latin temperre ; see temper


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