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vernissage
[ ver-nuh-sahzh; French ver-nee-sazh ]
noun
, plural ver·nis·sages [ver-n, uh, -, sah, -zhiz, ve, r, -nee-, sazh].
- Also called varnishing day. the day before the opening of an art exhibition traditionally reserved for the artist to varnish the paintings.
- a reception at a gallery for an artist whose show is about to open to the public.
vernissage
/ ˌvɜːnɪˈsɑːʒ /
noun
- a preview or the opening or first day of an exhibition of paintings
- another term for varnishing day
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vernissage1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vernissage1
French, from vernis varnish
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Example Sentences
We had not heard of his arrival until we ran across him at the Vernissage in the New Salon.
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Ledoyen's has attained a particular celebrity as the restaurant where every one lunches on the vernissage day of the Salon.
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The spring came at last, and with it vernissage at the Salon.
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You can't imagine how impatient I was to get back in time for vernissage.
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By ten o'clock the night of the "Vernissage" all his acquaintances and intimates in Paris had brought him their felicitations.
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