decalcomania


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
decalcomania /dɪˌkalkə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
noun the process of transferring designs from prepared paper on to glass, porcelain, etc.
– origin C19: from Fr. décalcomanie, from décalquer ‘transfer a tracing’ + -manie ‘-mania’ (with ref. to the enthusiasm for the process in the 1860s).
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