[ˈdɪptɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a painting, especially an altarpiece, on two hinged wooden panels which may be closed like a book

- an ancient writing tablet consisting of two hinged leaves with waxed inner sides


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Origin:
early 17th century: via late Latin from late Greek diptukha ‘pair of writing tablets’, neuter plural of Greek diptukhos ‘folded in two’, from di- ‘twice’ + ptukhē ‘a fold’