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单词 mezzotinter
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mezzotintern.

Brit. /ˈmɛtsəʊˌtɪntə/, /ˈmɛdzəʊˌtɪntə/, /ˈmɛzəʊˌtɪntə/, U.S. /ˈmɛtsoʊˌtɪn(t)ər/, /ˈmɛ(d)zoʊˌtɪn(t)ər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mezzotint n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < mezzotint n. + -er suffix1. Compare later mezzotint v. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciations as (me·dzo-tintəɹ, me·zotintəɹ) /ˈmɛdzəʊtɪntə(r)/ /ˈmɛzəʊtɪntə(r)/.
A person who engraves in mezzotint; an expert in mezzotint.
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mezzotinter1716
1716 G. Vertue Note-bks. (1930) I. 34 The Mezzotinter has done a baundance of plates.
1763 H. Walpole Catal. Engravers (1765) 116 Mr. John Smith 1700. The best mezzotinter that has appeared, who united softness with strength, and finishing with freedom.
1763 H. Walpole Catal. Engravers (1765) 130 John Faber junr...was the next mezzotinter in merit to Smith.
1895 Daily News 25 Nov. 3/6 Such an etcher or mezzotinter as Mr. Frank Short.
1902 A. Whitman (title) British Mezzotinters, Valentine Green.
1997 Sunday Tel. 2 Nov. 12 Look out particularly for the weird 18th-century mezzotinter Jacques-Fabien Gautier d'Agoty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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