portrayern.

Brit.

/pɔːˈtreɪə/, U.S.

/pɔrˈtreɪər/

Forms: Middle English portreyour, Middle English purtrayour, Middle English purtreoure, Middle English purtreyour, late Middle English portraer, late Middle English 1600s– portrayer, 1800s pourtrayer.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French pourtraieur ; portray v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably partly < Middle French pourtraieur person who paints or draws pictures or portraits (1350; also as portrayeur , pourtrayeur (both 16th cent.); French †portrayeur ; earlier in sense ‘that which is used to paint or draw’ (c1275 in Old French (Picardy) as portraiour ); < portraire , pourtraire portray v. + -eur , -our : see -or suffix), and partly independently < portray v. + -er suffix¹.Earlier currency of the word is perhaps implied by the surnames Nic. le Portreour de Oxon (1312), Geoffr. le Purtreour (1340), although it is unclear whether these should be interpreted as reflecting the Middle English or Anglo-Norman word.

Originally: a person who paints or draws pictures or portraits. Later also: a person skilled in verbal description, dramatic representation, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > painter or drawer of pictures

portrayerc1385

portraitourc1405

zographer1570

picture maker1589

imager1605

delineator1631

iconograph1804

zoographer1814

depicter1837

iconograph1884

iconographer1888

portrayist1906

c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1899 Ne purtreyour [v.rr. purtreoure, portreyour; c1405 Ellesmere portreitour] ne keruer of ymages.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 508 He sent also for euery ymagour..& euery purtreyour [a1475 Digby 230 portratoure].

c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 119 (MED) Thei gotyn a portraer, the qwyche depeyntyd Ypocras in a velum skyn.

1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 87 Portrayers of thy wit and learning too.

1798 G. Thompson Sentimental Tour 198 Adieu! thou great Original, thou masterly portrayer of exquisite feelings.

1819–20 W. Irving Sketch Bk. IV. 266 A poet..is the faithful portrayer of nature.

1823 Times 19 May 3/2 Enough..remains to place him decidedly at the head of the English school, and to establish for him an immortality of fame as one of the most graceful and elegant portrayers of youth and beauty.

1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) i. vi. §2 269 To bear in mind the essential difference..between the characters of the ‘subject’ and his pourtrayer.

1937 Life 13 Sept. 46/2 The urge that has turned many a small-town boy into a clown or a trapeze artist has turned Robert Riggs into one of the ablest portrayers of the circus in the U.S.

1987 A. Aronson Shakespeare & Rembrandt 10 The greatest portrayer of human reaction is to be found..in Rembrandt.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	portrayer
释义	portrayern. Brit. /pɔːˈtreɪə/, U.S. /pɔrˈtreɪər/ Forms: Middle English portreyour, Middle English purtrayour, Middle English purtreoure, Middle English purtreyour, late Middle English portraer, late Middle English 1600s– portrayer, 1800s pourtrayer. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French pourtraieur ; portray v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: Probably partly < Middle French pourtraieur person who paints or draws pictures or portraits (1350; also as portrayeur , pourtrayeur (both 16th cent.); French †portrayeur ; earlier in sense ‘that which is used to paint or draw’ (c1275 in Old French (Picardy) as portraiour ); < portraire , pourtraire portray v. + -eur , -our : see -or suffix), and partly independently < portray v. + -er suffix¹.Earlier currency of the word is perhaps implied by the surnames Nic. le Portreour de Oxon (1312), Geoffr. le Purtreour (1340), although it is unclear whether these should be interpreted as reflecting the Middle English or Anglo-Norman word. Originally: a person who paints or draws pictures or portraits. Later also: a person skilled in verbal description, dramatic representation, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > painter or drawer of pictures portrayerc1385 portraitourc1405 zographer1570 picture maker1589 imager1605 delineator1631 iconograph1804 zoographer1814 depicter1837 iconograph1884 iconographer1888 portrayist1906 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1899 Ne purtreyour [v.rr. purtreoure, portreyour; c1405 Ellesmere portreitour] ne keruer of ymages. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 508 He sent also for euery ymagour..& euery purtreyour [a1475 Digby 230 portratoure]. c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 119 (MED) Thei gotyn a portraer, the qwyche depeyntyd Ypocras in a velum skyn. 1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 87 Portrayers of thy wit and learning too. 1798 G. Thompson Sentimental Tour 198 Adieu! thou great Original, thou masterly portrayer of exquisite feelings. 1819–20 W. Irving Sketch Bk. IV. 266 A poet..is the faithful portrayer of nature. 1823 Times 19 May 3/2 Enough..remains to place him decidedly at the head of the English school, and to establish for him an immortality of fame as one of the most graceful and elegant portrayers of youth and beauty. 1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) i. vi. §2 269 To bear in mind the essential difference..between the characters of the ‘subject’ and his pourtrayer. 1937 Life 13 Sept. 46/2 The urge that has turned many a small-town boy into a clown or a trapeze artist has turned Robert Riggs into one of the ablest portrayers of the circus in the U.S. 1987 A. Aronson Shakespeare & Rembrandt 10 The greatest portrayer of human reaction is to be found..in Rembrandt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1385
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