decalcomania

noun

the art of transfering designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface

either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface

Roots

decalquerdecalco- · French · to trace, transfer mania-mania · Greek · craze, madness

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