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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] painting foul or mean objects;

ῥυπαρόσ

filthy, dirty +

γράφειν

to write, paint.]

In ancient art, the painting of genre or still-life pictures.

rhyparography ‎(uncountable)

(art) The painting, or literary description, of mean or sordid things; especially still-life or genre painting.