† mezzotinton.

Forms: 1600s mascy tinter, 1600s metzo-tincto, 1600s mezo tinto, 1600s–1700s mezzo tinto, 1600s mezzo-tinto, 1700s maxitintoes (plural), 1700s messo-tinto, 1700s mettzotinto, 1700s metzotinto, 1700s mezzo-tincto, 1700s–1800s mezzotinto.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian mezzatinta.

Etymology: Irregularly (perhaps after mezzo-relievo n., or Italian tinto, adjective: see tinto adj. and n.²) < Italian mezzatinta (17th cent. in sense 2, a1543 denoting a shade between light and dark) < mezza , feminine of mezzo half (see mezzo adv.) + tinta tint, dye (a1237: see tint n.¹); perhaps via Dutch or German (see quot. 1662 at sense 2 and note s.v. mezzotint n. 2). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (medzoti·nto) /mɛdzoˈtɪnto/.

Obsolete.

1. = mezzotint n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > [noun] > half-tint or half-tone

mezzotintoa1650

semi-tint1728

mezzotint1738

middle tone1838

half-tone1867

a1650 E. Norgate Miniatura (Tanner 326) (1919) 29 The Redds..here and there disperst, mingled, and towards the shadow pleasingly obscured, with the mezzo tinto or middle faint shadow.

1685 Albert Durer Revived 18 Take a Print done in Metzo Tincto..and lay it in a Tray.

1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd II. iv. 28 Neither Correggio, Titian, nor his Rival Rosalba, did ever unite and shade their Mezzo Tinto's [It. mezze tinte (plural)] with so much Exactness to form the Oval of a Face.

1789 E. Burke Speech Impeachm. W. Hastings in Wks. (1821) VII. 498 You will see, by this letter, that he [sc.Warren Hastings] kept his accounts in all colours, black, white, and mezzotinto: that he kept them in all languages; in Persian, in Bengallee, [etc.].

1805 P. Beckford Familiar Lett. Italy I. xlv. 437 The Mosaic of the floor..was improved and finished by Beccafumi in 1500, who made use of yellow marble as a mezzotinto.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. II. 5 What are called ‘mezzotinto’ pencil drawings, ‘poonah-paintings’, and what not.

2. = mezzotint n. 2. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > mezzotint

mezzotinto1662

mezzotint1800

mezzotinting1860

1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura vi. 145 Of the new way of Engraving, or Mezzo Tinto, Invented..by his Highnesse Prince Rupert.

1665 S. Pepys Diary 5 Nov. (1972) VI. 289 Mr. Evelings..showed me..the whole secret of Mezzo Tinto.

1669 A. Browne Ars Pictoria 110 The Manner or Way of Mezo Tinto.

1715 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1901) V. 104 The picture that is done in Mezzotinto of him.

1727 J. Swift Let. to Gay 23 Nov. Get me likewise Polly's Messo-tinto.

c1780 in W. Jackson New Newgate Cal. (1795) V. 204 The prisoner..was indicted for causing to be engraved and cut in mezzo-tinto, on a plate of copper, a blank promissory note, containing the word twenty in white letters, on a black ground.

1813 E. S. Barrett Heroine II. xxii. 133 She loves literature and perroquets, scrapes mezzotintos, and spends half her income in buying any thing that is hardly to be had.

1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 226 Martin ‘scraped’ in mezzo-tinto the major part of the many engraved plates he produced.

Compounds

General attributive and objective.

ΚΠ

1688 G. Parker & J. Stalker Treat. Japaning (title page) The Method of Guilding,..with the Art..of Painting Mezzo-tinto-Prints.

1697 J. Evelyn Numismata viii. 283 The late Melanochalcographer N. de Seigen; who..first produced the Mezzo-Tinto Graving.

1745 Daily Advertiser 1 Oct. 3/3 A Metzotinto Print of that worthy Prelate Dr. Hough, late Bishop of Worcester.

a1788 N. Cotton Var. Pieces Verse & Prose (1791) I. 98 Baxter, with apostolic grace, Display'd his metzotinto face; While here and there some luckier saint Attain'd to dignity of paint.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 687/2 Edial..became a mezzotinto painter.

1812 R. H. in Examiner 28 Dec. 828/1 Mr. Meyer's ability in mezzotinto scraping..ranks with the most eminent.

1825 C. Turner in Philos. Mag. 65 427 The deficiencies..in mezzotinto engraving.

1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 169/1 The mezzotinto ground being thus laid.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xvii. 403 The sky..appeared like a mezzotinto engraving.

1883 J. C. Smith Brit. Mezzotinto Portr. iv. ii. p. xxiii The instruments used in mezzotinto engraving consist of the cradle, or rocking-tool, the scraper, etc.

1898 Dict. National Biogr. LIII. 203/2 There is a good mezzotinto print of him, engraved ‘ad vivum’ by Faber.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mezzotinto
释义	† mezzotinton. Forms: 1600s mascy tinter, 1600s metzo-tincto, 1600s mezo tinto, 1600s–1700s mezzo tinto, 1600s mezzo-tinto, 1700s maxitintoes (plural), 1700s messo-tinto, 1700s mettzotinto, 1700s metzotinto, 1700s mezzo-tincto, 1700s–1800s mezzotinto. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian mezzatinta. Etymology: Irregularly (perhaps after mezzo-relievo n., or Italian tinto, adjective: see tinto adj. and n.²) < Italian mezzatinta (17th cent. in sense 2, a1543 denoting a shade between light and dark) < mezza , feminine of mezzo half (see mezzo adv.) + tinta tint, dye (a1237: see tint n.¹); perhaps via Dutch or German (see quot. 1662 at sense 2 and note s.v. mezzotint n. 2). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (medzoti·nto) /mɛdzoˈtɪnto/. Obsolete. 1. = mezzotint n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > [noun] > half-tint or half-tone mezzotintoa1650 semi-tint1728 mezzotint1738 middle tone1838 half-tone1867 a1650 E. Norgate Miniatura (Tanner 326) (1919) 29 The Redds..here and there disperst, mingled, and towards the shadow pleasingly obscured, with the mezzo tinto or middle faint shadow. 1685 Albert Durer Revived 18 Take a Print done in Metzo Tincto..and lay it in a Tray. 1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd II. iv. 28 Neither Correggio, Titian, nor his Rival Rosalba, did ever unite and shade their Mezzo Tinto's [It. mezze tinte (plural)] with so much Exactness to form the Oval of a Face. 1789 E. Burke Speech Impeachm. W. Hastings in Wks. (1821) VII. 498 You will see, by this letter, that he [sc.Warren Hastings] kept his accounts in all colours, black, white, and mezzotinto: that he kept them in all languages; in Persian, in Bengallee, [etc.]. 1805 P. Beckford Familiar Lett. Italy I. xlv. 437 The Mosaic of the floor..was improved and finished by Beccafumi in 1500, who made use of yellow marble as a mezzotinto. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. II. 5 What are called ‘mezzotinto’ pencil drawings, ‘poonah-paintings’, and what not. 2. = mezzotint n. 2. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > mezzotint mezzotinto1662 mezzotint1800 mezzotinting1860 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura vi. 145 Of the new way of Engraving, or Mezzo Tinto, Invented..by his Highnesse Prince Rupert. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 5 Nov. (1972) VI. 289 Mr. Evelings..showed me..the whole secret of Mezzo Tinto. 1669 A. Browne Ars Pictoria 110 The Manner or Way of Mezo Tinto. 1715 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1901) V. 104 The picture that is done in Mezzotinto of him. 1727 J. Swift Let. to Gay 23 Nov. Get me likewise Polly's Messo-tinto. c1780 in W. Jackson New Newgate Cal. (1795) V. 204 The prisoner..was indicted for causing to be engraved and cut in mezzo-tinto, on a plate of copper, a blank promissory note, containing the word twenty in white letters, on a black ground. 1813 E. S. Barrett Heroine II. xxii. 133 She loves literature and perroquets, scrapes mezzotintos, and spends half her income in buying any thing that is hardly to be had. 1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 226 Martin ‘scraped’ in mezzo-tinto the major part of the many engraved plates he produced. Compounds General attributive and objective. ΚΠ 1688 G. Parker & J. Stalker Treat. Japaning (title page) The Method of Guilding,..with the Art..of Painting Mezzo-tinto-Prints. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata viii. 283 The late Melanochalcographer N. de Seigen; who..first produced the Mezzo-Tinto Graving. 1745 Daily Advertiser 1 Oct. 3/3 A Metzotinto Print of that worthy Prelate Dr. Hough, late Bishop of Worcester. a1788 N. Cotton Var. Pieces Verse & Prose (1791) I. 98 Baxter, with apostolic grace, Display'd his metzotinto face; While here and there some luckier saint Attain'd to dignity of paint. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 687/2 Edial..became a mezzotinto painter. 1812 R. H. in Examiner 28 Dec. 828/1 Mr. Meyer's ability in mezzotinto scraping..ranks with the most eminent. 1825 C. Turner in Philos. Mag. 65 427 The deficiencies..in mezzotinto engraving. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 169/1 The mezzotinto ground being thus laid. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xvii. 403 The sky..appeared like a mezzotinto engraving. 1883 J. C. Smith Brit. Mezzotinto Portr. iv. ii. p. xxiii The instruments used in mezzotinto engraving consist of the cradle, or rocking-tool, the scraper, etc. 1898 Dict. National Biogr. LIII. 203/2 There is a good mezzotinto print of him, engraved ‘ad vivum’ by Faber. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † mezzotintov. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mezzotinto n. Etymology: < mezzotinto n. Compare earlier mezzotint v. Obsolete. rare. transitive. = mezzotint v. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > engrave in intaglio [verb (transitive)] > mezzotint mezzotint1827 mezzotinto1846 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Mezzotinto. To engrave or represent in mezzotinto. Gent. Mag. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1650v.1846
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† mezzotinton.

Compounds

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