incrustation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An accumulated characteristic of a person that disguises their true nature.

   Her reception of her brother was most affectionate—there are times when the most artificial, by habit, become natural; when the early memories of the heart, for a short time at least, spring up as a fountain of living waters, overflowing the selfish vanities and conventional incrustations which the world has planted—giving honest smiles to the countenance; artless, yet loving words to the tongue; and the gratified heart seems restored to a new childhood.

2. 2
   noun

   a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay

3. 3
   noun

   a hard outer layer that covers something

4. 4
   noun

   the formation of a crust

From Latin incrustātiō.

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