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grisaille

(n): chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief
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3 months ago yarb said:

...his mind was elsewhere, and he did not shine in the discussion which forever remained in his mind as a grisaille of inconclusive tedium.

- Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor

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