delineamentn.

Brit.

/dᵻˈlɪnɪəm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/dəˈlɪniəmənt/,

/diˈlɪniəmənt/

Forms: 1500s– delineament, 1600s deliniament.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin dēlīneāre , -ment suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin dēlīneāre delineate v. + -ment suffix, after lineament n. Compare earlier delineation n.Compare Middle French delineament, French délineament (1573; apparently unattested between the late 17th and early 19th centuries), Spanish delineamiento (first half of the 17th cent.), Portuguese delineamento (1552), Italian delineamento (a1600).

Now literary and rare.

1. The action of describing, marking out, portraying, or outlining something; delineation. Also: an act or instance of this; a description, outline, or portrayal.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > pictorial representation

portraiturea1393

portrayc1415

picture?a1439

similitudea1450

depicture?a1513

zography1570

picturing1585

description1590

delineament1593

delineation1594

delineature1611

depiction1688

zoography1814

portrayal1847

depicturing1850

depicturementa1866

pictorialism1869

depicting1885

pictorialization1901

picturization1913

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 28 The delineament of wretchednesse.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) ii. v. 52 The more rude and careless strokes and delineaments of Divine Providence.

1779 P. Phillips Diary 21 Aug. in P. Phillips Diary Excursion to Little Hampton & Brighthelmston (1780) II. 12 No precise delineament can be made, until the finer features, by inadvertent words, and unguarded actions, in minute matters, become clearly visible.

1841 Yorks. Gaz. 21 Aug. 5/5 The figures of the artist are not heavy, torpid delineaments of fallen humanity.

1923 J. S. Schapiro Mod. & Contemp. European Hist. xvii. 455 The description of no scene, the delineament of no character or emotion, was complete without the suggestion that behind it all was Italy, past, present, and future.

1997 ELH 64 140 What Coleridge and Wordsworth perceived was that in these portraits of discouragement lay the potential for considerable sophistication in the delineament of psychological life.

2. A distinctive feature or characteristic, esp. of the face or body; a contour, a lineament. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > feature > [noun]

track1513

lineamenta1535

delineament1596

tract1606

miniature1630

remark1660

trait1773

signalment1779

feature1828

1596 T. Wright Treat. Blessed Sacrament i. f. 9 Our faces which we see, euerie one in an others eie, with al delineaments most intire, without any disorder or improportion.

1696 N. Pullen tr. J. Mocquet Trav. & Voy. Pref. sig. a7^v They viewed her from Head to Foot; and after having well consider'd her Delineaments, some commending one thing, and some another, they fell to howling and yelling like so many Devils.

1832 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 2 Nov. This may be considered as in some degree blended with that feature of it to which I first called your attention; but it has delineaments of its own, which deserve particular notice.

1898 Irish Eccl. Rec. 4th Ser. 4 40 In the pose of this martial figure, and in every delineament with which sympathetic art has invested it, we read the traits of nobility.

1937 Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 20 Dec. 10/6 When we reached the Border fastness of Melrose we stepped from our carriages with the delineaments of arctic explorers,..and emerged from our bulging coverings to sit down to lunch.

2013 Speculum 88 524 The concept of a ‘Byzantine world’ is relatively unproblematic, even if its precise delineaments might be a bit elastic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	delineament
释义	delineamentn. Brit. /dᵻˈlɪnɪəm(ə)nt/, U.S. /dəˈlɪniəmənt/, /diˈlɪniəmənt/ Forms: 1500s– delineament, 1600s deliniament. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin dēlīneāre , -ment suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin dēlīneāre delineate v. + -ment suffix, after lineament n. Compare earlier delineation n.Compare Middle French delineament, French délineament (1573; apparently unattested between the late 17th and early 19th centuries), Spanish delineamiento (first half of the 17th cent.), Portuguese delineamento (1552), Italian delineamento (a1600). Now literary and rare. 1. The action of describing, marking out, portraying, or outlining something; delineation. Also: an act or instance of this; a description, outline, or portrayal. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > pictorial representation portraiturea1393 portrayc1415 picture?a1439 similitudea1450 depicture?a1513 zography1570 picturing1585 description1590 delineament1593 delineation1594 delineature1611 depiction1688 zoography1814 portrayal1847 depicturing1850 depicturementa1866 pictorialism1869 depicting1885 pictorialization1901 picturization1913 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 28 The delineament of wretchednesse. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) ii. v. 52 The more rude and careless strokes and delineaments of Divine Providence. 1779 P. Phillips Diary 21 Aug. in P. Phillips Diary Excursion to Little Hampton & Brighthelmston (1780) II. 12 No precise delineament can be made, until the finer features, by inadvertent words, and unguarded actions, in minute matters, become clearly visible. 1841 Yorks. Gaz. 21 Aug. 5/5 The figures of the artist are not heavy, torpid delineaments of fallen humanity. 1923 J. S. Schapiro Mod. & Contemp. European Hist. xvii. 455 The description of no scene, the delineament of no character or emotion, was complete without the suggestion that behind it all was Italy, past, present, and future. 1997 ELH 64 140 What Coleridge and Wordsworth perceived was that in these portraits of discouragement lay the potential for considerable sophistication in the delineament of psychological life. 2. A distinctive feature or characteristic, esp. of the face or body; a contour, a lineament. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > feature > [noun] track1513 lineamenta1535 delineament1596 tract1606 miniature1630 remark1660 trait1773 signalment1779 feature1828 1596 T. Wright Treat. Blessed Sacrament i. f. 9 Our faces which we see, euerie one in an others eie, with al delineaments most intire, without any disorder or improportion. 1696 N. Pullen tr. J. Mocquet Trav. & Voy. Pref. sig. a7^v They viewed her from Head to Foot; and after having well consider'd her Delineaments, some commending one thing, and some another, they fell to howling and yelling like so many Devils. 1832 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 2 Nov. This may be considered as in some degree blended with that feature of it to which I first called your attention; but it has delineaments of its own, which deserve particular notice. 1898 Irish Eccl. Rec. 4th Ser. 4 40 In the pose of this martial figure, and in every delineament with which sympathetic art has invested it, we read the traits of nobility. 1937 Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 20 Dec. 10/6 When we reached the Border fastness of Melrose we stepped from our carriages with the delineaments of arctic explorers,..and emerged from our bulging coverings to sit down to lunch. 2013 Speculum 88 524 The concept of a ‘Byzantine world’ is relatively unproblematic, even if its precise delineaments might be a bit elastic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1593
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