word-paintingadj.

Brit.

/ˈwəːdˌpeɪntɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwərdˌpeɪn(t)ɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: word n., painting adj.

Etymology: < word n. + painting adj. Compare later word-paint v.

rare.

That describes something vividly in words. Cf. word-paint v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adjective] > describing vividly

word-painting1795

picturing1799

1795 T. Cole Life Hubert i. 34 The Mantuan Epic Bard, who still excites, By his most just, correct, word-painting art.

1882 Archaeologia Cantiana 14 3 The descriptive power of a word-painting historian.

1950 Thought 25 314 There is an informative study of [Gerard Manley] Hopkins as a word-painting poet in the epithetizing tradition of Keats and Milton.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	word-painting
释义	word-paintingadj. Brit. /ˈwəːdˌpeɪntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwərdˌpeɪn(t)ɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: word n., painting adj. Etymology: < word n. + painting adj. Compare later word-paint v. rare. That describes something vividly in words. Cf. word-paint v. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adjective] > describing vividly word-painting1795 picturing1799 1795 T. Cole Life Hubert i. 34 The Mantuan Epic Bard, who still excites, By his most just, correct, word-painting art. 1882 Archaeologia Cantiana 14 3 The descriptive power of a word-painting historian. 1950 Thought 25 314 There is an informative study of [Gerard Manley] Hopkins as a word-painting poet in the epithetizing tradition of Keats and Milton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1795
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