单词 | painter-like |
释义 | painter-likeadj. Resembling or characteristic of a painter, painterly; †picturesque, artistic (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [adjective] > characteristic of painter painterlya1586 painter-like1611 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > picturesque picturesque1705 picturesquish1810 painter-like1845 picture book1922 pintoresque1969 1611 R. Tofte Ariostos Seven Planets 3 Yet painter like Ile trie if I can draw, Her beauty to the life. 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert iii. iv. 309 She..Painter-like the Copy tore. 1738 J. F. Fritsch tr. G. de Lairesse Art of Painting vi. xv. 331 But since Beauty is attracting, and Deformity offensive, this certainly is true Painter-like, which supposes the best and most agreeable Objects. 1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing ii. 138 The form will scarcely ever be forgotten..that has ever been looked on with a painter-like feeling. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain II. viii. 595 Villafranca del Vierzo is truly Swiss-like,..with painter-like bridges. 1958 Economist 8 Nov. (Suppl.) 9/2 His painter-like method of composition ‘over the whole surface at once’. 1996 Christian Cent. (Nexis) 113 251 [He] writes dialogue that reveals the pain brought on by false moves; and creates images with painterlike acuity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611 |
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