pentimenton.

Brit.

/ˌpɛntᵻˈmɛntəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌpɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)oʊ/

Inflections: Plural pentimenti.

Forms: 1800s– pentimento, 1900s– pentiment.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian pentimento.

Etymology: < Italian pentimento repentance, remorse (a1257), change of opinion (1630), correction (a1827) < pentirsi to repent (a1250; < classical Latin paenitēre : see penitent adj. and n.) + Italian -mento -ment suffix.

A sign or trace of an alteration in a literary or artistic work; (spec. in Painting) a visible trace of a mistake or an earlier composition seen through later layers of paint on a canvas.Pentimenti are seen particularly in oil painting (see quot. 1951).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [noun] > a painting > trace of earlier painting

pentimento1823

1823 Edinb. Rev. 38 430 This seems to be a pentimento of the author.

1850 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 566 The pentimentos in Ariosto's manuscript are numberless.

1903 R. Fry Let. 6 Mar. (1972) I. 204 What looks like a retouch above the man's left shoulder turns out on closer inspection to be an original pentimento.

1951 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. (new ed.) ii. 100 The refractive index of the oil film has changed and a thin coat of paint..has become sufficiently transparent to allow under-painting or drawing to show through. The effect is called pentimento.

1991 Apollo Mar. 164/1 X-radiographs..indicate a pentimento to the outline of the rock.

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

单词	pentimento
释义	pentimenton. Brit. /ˌpɛntᵻˈmɛntəʊ/, U.S. /ˌpɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)oʊ/ Inflections: Plural pentimenti. Forms: 1800s– pentimento, 1900s– pentiment. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian pentimento. Etymology: < Italian pentimento repentance, remorse (a1257), change of opinion (1630), correction (a1827) < pentirsi to repent (a1250; < classical Latin paenitēre : see penitent adj. and n.) + Italian -mento -ment suffix. A sign or trace of an alteration in a literary or artistic work; (spec. in Painting) a visible trace of a mistake or an earlier composition seen through later layers of paint on a canvas.Pentimenti are seen particularly in oil painting (see quot. 1951). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [noun] > a painting > trace of earlier painting pentimento1823 1823 Edinb. Rev. 38 430 This seems to be a pentimento of the author. 1850 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 566 The pentimentos in Ariosto's manuscript are numberless. 1903 R. Fry Let. 6 Mar. (1972) I. 204 What looks like a retouch above the man's left shoulder turns out on closer inspection to be an original pentimento. 1951 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. (new ed.) ii. 100 The refractive index of the oil film has changed and a thin coat of paint..has become sufficiently transparent to allow under-painting or drawing to show through. The effect is called pentimento. 1991 Apollo Mar. 164/1 X-radiographs..indicate a pentimento to the outline of the rock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823
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