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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Papyrotamia...help! #20130 02/26/2001 12:19 AM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 52 Indianapolis transplanted to S... des journeyman des journeyman Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 52 Indianapolis transplanted to S... Somebody please tell me this refers to cut paper designs. I cannot find my source of this word which I used when publishing some quilt related patterns...clear back in 1978. But I didn't make it up! And I can't find it in any dictionary I have...even old 2 volume Webster unabridged one from 1937!!! End my frustration, please! Thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Papyrotamia...help! #20131 02/26/2001 1:00 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear des: I just typed "papyrotamia" in Yahoo! search box and got almost a dozen URL's about art things made from folded and cut paper. Maybe one of them is what you are looking for. Bill Hunt Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Papyrotamia...help! #20132 02/26/2001 1:10 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Allo des I found several sites that describe papyrotamia as cut paper designs... http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/publications/cards/samples.html From http://www.stuttgart.army.mil/citizen/1205/colonial.htmone : Papyrotamia, or the art of paper cutting, was a special treat in the colonial days because paper was considered precious. The Garmisch children snipped cats and snowflakes out of brightly colored paper and mounted them on a black background. So no, you are not losing your mind. Yet. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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