trompe l'oeil

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  1. noun A style of painting that gives an illusion of photographic reality.
  2. noun A painting or effect created in this style.

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  1. French trompe l'œil : trompe, third person sing. present tense of tromper, to deceive + le, the + œil, eye.
 

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