paintressn.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪntrᵻs/,

/peɪnˈtrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪntrəs/

Forms: late Middle English peyntrys, 1600s paintresse, 1600s– paintress.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French peintresse ; painter n.¹, -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: In quot. c1450 at sense 1 probably < Middle French peintresse (1313 in Old French as paintresse ), feminine form corresponding to peintre painter n.¹ (see -tress suffix); in later use probably independently < painter n.¹ + -ess suffix¹ (see -tress suffix). Compare paintrix n.

1. A woman who paints pictures; a female artist who works with paint.Frequently with of and the name of the artist's preferred subject or type of painting, and as the second element of analogous compounds.Painter is now often preferred to paintress as not being gender-specific.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [noun] > painter > woman

paintressc1450

paintrix1547

c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) 1638 (MED) Thamyrys..was so goode and excellent a peyntrys.

1662 Duchess of Newcastle Youths Glory ii. iii. ix, in Playes Written 138 Sometimes Nature is as a Paintress, and the mind of man is as the Copy of Nature, drawn by her selfe.

1741 Countess of Pomfret in Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret Corr. (1805) III. 225 We went to see the paintress Rosalba, who is now old.

1790 H. Walpole Let. 10 Oct. (1846) VI. 370 I long to hear that its dear paintress is well.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) III. xxix. 72 This admirable paintress of natural objects.

1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 39 353 Nature..adorning and touching up, like a paintress, her choice works.

1880 C. Keene Let. in G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene (1892) x. 314 A friend..a rattling fine animal paintress.

1916 P. Grainger Let. 14 Feb. in All-round Man (1994) 23 At tea at Government House yesterday with a nice little Australian miniature paintress from Melbourne.

1992 Daily Tel. 6 Apr. (BNC) 3 Joan Eardley, a Scottish paintress of splodgy landscapes and slum children.

†2. A woman who paints or rouges her face. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > one who applies preparations for the complexion > one who paints or colours

paintress1633

Pict1711

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 1) 1106 As the cunning paintresse deales with her face.

3. A woman employed to paint ceramics.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > painting > painter

paintress1825

vase-painter1832

plate painter1875

hausmaler1935

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 474 As both males and females are employed in this branch, the men are called painters, the women paintresses: but in blue-painting, where no men are employed, the women are called blue-painters.

1893 E. L. Wakeman in Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 4 May One [daughter] may be a ‘paintress’, coloring the cheaper wares.

1911 A. Bennett Hilda Lessways vi. i, in Clayhanger Family (1925) 824 The young woman..was a paintress at Peel's great manufactory at Shawport.

1934 G. M. Forsyth Art & Craft Potter vi. 61 Pottery paintresses are adept in centreing their work.

2002 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 3 Dec. 21 I got an interview on the Monday and they offered me a job as a paintress on the Wednesday.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paintress
释义	paintressn. Brit. /ˈpeɪntrᵻs/, /peɪnˈtrɛs/, U.S. /ˈpeɪntrəs/ Forms: late Middle English peyntrys, 1600s paintresse, 1600s– paintress. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French peintresse ; painter n.¹, -ess suffix¹. Etymology: In quot. c1450 at sense 1 probably < Middle French peintresse (1313 in Old French as paintresse ), feminine form corresponding to peintre painter n.¹ (see -tress suffix); in later use probably independently < painter n.¹ + -ess suffix¹ (see -tress suffix). Compare paintrix n. 1. A woman who paints pictures; a female artist who works with paint.Frequently with of and the name of the artist's preferred subject or type of painting, and as the second element of analogous compounds.Painter is now often preferred to paintress as not being gender-specific. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [noun] > painter > woman paintressc1450 paintrix1547 c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) 1638 (MED) Thamyrys..was so goode and excellent a peyntrys. 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Youths Glory ii. iii. ix, in Playes Written 138 Sometimes Nature is as a Paintress, and the mind of man is as the Copy of Nature, drawn by her selfe. 1741 Countess of Pomfret in Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret Corr. (1805) III. 225 We went to see the paintress Rosalba, who is now old. 1790 H. Walpole Let. 10 Oct. (1846) VI. 370 I long to hear that its dear paintress is well. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) III. xxix. 72 This admirable paintress of natural objects. 1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 39 353 Nature..adorning and touching up, like a paintress, her choice works. 1880 C. Keene Let. in G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene (1892) x. 314 A friend..a rattling fine animal paintress. 1916 P. Grainger Let. 14 Feb. in All-round Man (1994) 23 At tea at Government House yesterday with a nice little Australian miniature paintress from Melbourne. 1992 Daily Tel. 6 Apr. (BNC) 3 Joan Eardley, a Scottish paintress of splodgy landscapes and slum children. †2. A woman who paints or rouges her face. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > one who applies preparations for the complexion > one who paints or colours paintress1633 Pict1711 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 1) 1106 As the cunning paintresse deales with her face. 3. A woman employed to paint ceramics. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > painting > painter paintress1825 vase-painter1832 plate painter1875 hausmaler1935 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 474 As both males and females are employed in this branch, the men are called painters, the women paintresses: but in blue-painting, where no men are employed, the women are called blue-painters. 1893 E. L. Wakeman in Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 4 May One [daughter] may be a ‘paintress’, coloring the cheaper wares. 1911 A. Bennett Hilda Lessways vi. i, in Clayhanger Family (1925) 824 The young woman..was a paintress at Peel's great manufactory at Shawport. 1934 G. M. Forsyth Art & Craft Potter vi. 61 Pottery paintresses are adept in centreing their work. 2002 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 3 Dec. 21 I got an interview on the Monday and they offered me a job as a paintress on the Wednesday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450
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