‖ contorno
(konˈtorno)
[It. contorno circuit, contour, f. contornare to turn together, compass about, put a thing round another (cf. med.L. contornāre to round off well), f. L. con- + tornāre to turn in a lathe, round off, make round, f. tornus a turning-lathe.]
Contour, outline of a statue or other work of art.
| 1758 Johnson Idler No. 76 ¶3 His mouth full of..the sublimity and grand contorno of Michael Angelo. 1781 F. Burney Diary I. 325 For a background and contorno, who comes up to Mrs. Thrale? |