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noun
A Norwegian style of stylized floral decoration with scrollwork and geometric elements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
a Scandinavian style of carved or painted decoration (as on furniture or walls or dinnerware) consisting of floral motifs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decoration, ornament, ornamentation
History
Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål rosemaling (“rose painting”), from rose (“rose”) + maling (“painting”) (from male (“to paint”) (cognate with Old Danish malæ (Danish male), Old Norse mála, Old Swedish mala (Swedish mala), from Middle Low German mālen (“to paint”)) + -ing (suffix used to form nouns from verbs)). The form rosemåling is borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk rosemåling with unadapted script.
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