Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or act of painting.
- noun Paint or painted decoration.
- noun A picture; a painting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The art of painting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The
art ofpainting .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But, O my mistress, the wonder is how thy dream came to be thus depicted, for, wert thou minded to set it forth in painture, thou hadst not availed to portray it.
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And with them appeared S. Peter the apostle, after that he had seen him in painture.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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[3] _Jevôdre voir vô comment vô faites le painture?
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8) Boule de Suif and Other Stories Guy de Maupassant 1871
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But, O my mistress, the wonder is how thy dream came to be thus depicted, for, wert thou minded to set it forth in painture, thou hadst not availed to portray it.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Sir, said Sir Launcelot, as I hear say that the tournament shall be here within this three mile of this abbey, ye shall send unto me three knights of yours, such as ye trust, and look that the three knights have all white shields, and I also, and no painture on the shields, and we four will come out of a little wood in midst of both parties, and we shall fall in the front of our enemies and grieve them that we may; and thus shall I not be known what knight I am.
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Sir, said Sir Launcelot, as I hear say that the tournament shall be here within this three mile of this abbey, ye shall send unto me three knights of yours, such as ye trust, and look that the three knights have all white shields, and I also, and no painture on the shields, and we four will come out of a little wood in midst of both parties, and we shall fall in the front of our enemies and grieve them that we may; and thus shall I not be known what knight I am.
vendingmachine commented on the word painture
The art or act of painting.
October 27, 2021