paintrixn.
/ˈpeɪntrɪks/, U.S. /ˈpeɪntrɪks/ rare (now historical and archaic).
= paintress n. 1.
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paintrix1547
1547 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. ii. 117 Item, to Misteris levyn Terling, Paintrix..xli.
1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. iv. 102 Among the payments of the treasurer of the chambers..is one of 40l. to Levina Tirlinks paintrixe.
1984 K. L. Emerson Wives & Daughters 14 Ann Parr sponsored her at the Court in 1546 and she was granted £40 per annum as a paintrix.
1996 J. M. Riley Serpent Garden x. 132 His eye caught sight of Ashton, still glowering at the spot where the paintrix had been standing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1547- to have pissed on a nettle
- to have pity
- to have pity of
- to have place
- to have pleasing to
- to have points
- to have price of
- to have price upon
- to have provision
- to have rap
- to have rather
- to have rats in one's garret
- to have reason
- to have record
- to have recourse to
- to have regard of
- to have regard to
- to have regard to or that
- to have relation to
- to have relations
- to have remembrance of
- to have repair
- to have repair to
- to have reset
- to have residence