a mass or surface of plaster, especially as a ground for a painting, 1590s, from Italian gesso, from Latin gypsum "plaster" (see gypsum).
Gertrude
gerund
gerundive
Gervais
gesellschaft
gesso
gest
Gestalt
Gestapo
gestate
gestation
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