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prettygoodwordscumble - v., (Art) to cover lightly (a painting or drawing) with a light semi-opaque layer (as of a thin wash or dust) to soften it; to blur the outlines of.
The latter being a metaphoric extension -- one dictionary gives the example of "the writer scumbled the line between history and fiction." Also, as a noun, the technique or the layer. Term dates from the 1790s of unknown origin but presumed to be from scum.
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The latter being a metaphoric extension -- one dictionary gives the example of "the writer scumbled the line between history and fiction." Also, as a noun, the technique or the layer. Term dates from the 1790s of unknown origin but presumed to be from scum.
---L.
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Date: 2008-08-01 04:04 pm (UTC)