Associations to the word «Trompe»

Wiktionary

TROMPE, noun. (obsolete) A trumpet; a trump.
TROMPE D'ŒIL, noun. Common misconstruction of trompe l'oeil
TROMPE L'OEIL, noun. (uncountable) A genre of still life painting that exploits human vision to create the illusion that the subject of the painting is real.
TROMPE L'OEIL, noun. (countable) A painting of this kind.
TROMPE L'ŒIL, noun. Alternative spelling of trompe l'oeil

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley