a. [ad. F. éludorique, badly f. Gr. ἔλαιον oil + ὔδωρ water.] The distinctive epithet of a mode of painting invented by Vincent, of Montpetit, in which both oil and water were used.
1826. Elmes, Dict. Fine Arts, Elydoric Painting [The process is fully described].
1847. in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.
