Ar·cim·bol·do (är?ch?m-b?l?d?), Giuseppe 1527-1593. Italian painter noted for his surreal portraits in which the subjects’ features are composed of other animate or inanimate objects.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Arcimboldo (Italian art?im?b?ldo) n (Biography) Giuseppe. 1527?93, Italian painter, best remembered for painting grotesque figures composed of fruit, vegetables, and meatCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014