portraiture

  • 11portraiture — [[t]pɔ͟ː(r)trɪtʃə(r)[/t]] N UNCOUNT Portraiture is the art of painting or drawing portraits. [FORMAL] …

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  • 12portraiture — /ˈpɔtrətʃə/ (say pawtruhchuh) noun 1. the art of portraying. 2. a pictorial representation; a portrait. 3. a verbal picture. {Middle English purtreyture, from Old French portraiture, from portrait portrait} …

  • 13portraiture — portrait ► NOUN 1) an artistic representation of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders. 2) a written or filmed description. 3) a format of printed matter which is higher than it is wide. Compare with LANDSCAPE(Cf …

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  • 14portraiture — noun Date: 14th century 1. the making of portraits ; portrayal 2. portrait …

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  • 15portraiture — /pawr tri cheuhr, pohr /, n. 1. the art or an instance of making portraits. 2. a pictorial representation; portrait. 3. a verbal picture. [1325 75; ME < MF; see PORTRAIT, URE] * * * …

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  • 16portraiture — noun a) the art of painting or photographing portraits b) a portrait (or portraits considered as a group) …

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  • 17portraiture — Synonyms and related words: acrylic painting, alphabet, art, blueprint, cameo, catalog, cataloging, character, character sketch, charactering, characterization, chart, choreography, coloring, conventional representation, dance notation,&#8230; …

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  • 18portraiture — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. representation, portrait, painting; see art 3 , picture 2 …

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  • 19portraiture — por|trai|ture [ˈpo:trıtʃə US ˈpo:rtrıtʃər] n [U] formal the art of painting or drawing pictures of people …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20portraiture — por|trai|ture [ pɔrtrə,tʃur ] noun uncount FORMAL the art of making portraits of people …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English