aquarelle means A watercolour (painting). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
Why “aquarelle” is a great word
AQUARELLE — [Noun] A painting executed in transparent watercolor, or a picture produced by applying watercolor through stencils. From French aquarelle, from obsolete Italian acquarella ("watercolour"), a diminutive form of acqua ("water"), from Latin aqua ("water"). Unlike gouache, which cloaks in opaque, chalky layers, or oil painting, which builds through dense, buttery strata, the aquarelle is an art of luminous subtraction. It is the bloom of a single crimson wash diffusing into damp paper, the precise yet feathery edge where cerulean meets an untouched ground, and the way a sketch in dilute umber seems less drawn than remembered—a fragile covenant between water, pigment, and the unforgiving page.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French aquarelle, from obsolete Italian acquarella (“watercolour”) (later acquarello and acquerello).
noun
- A watercolour (painting)“He looked out between whiles at the pleasant English land, an April aquarelle washed in with wondrous breadth.”
- A printed picture coloured by the application of watercolour through stencils, using a different stencil for each colour.