repoussoirn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈpuːswɑː/, U.S.

/ˌrɛpuˈswɑr/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French repoussoir.

Etymology: < French repoussoir (18th cent. denoting a medical instrument; 1762 in specific use in painting in sense 2; from the 15th cent. in Middle French in a number of other specific uses) < repousser (see repoussé adj.) + -oir (see -ory suffix¹).

†1. Surgery. A probang or repositor. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1831 C. L. Heurteloup Princ. of Lithotrity 211 The different names of—‘pince-servante’, when it assists the principal forceps to secure the stone;..‘repoussoir’, when it pushes the calculus from the neck.

1849 Retrospect Pract. Med. & Surg. 19 133 The customary instrument, termed repoussoir, or probang, namely, a bit of sponge as big as a walnut stuck to the end of a whalebone, is generally useful..for..propelling large round substances.

1879 T. A. Emmet Princ. & Pract. Gynaecology xxi. 437 The mode of reduction is then shown in another figure, with a boxwood ‘repoussoir’, in the shape of a drumstick, ‘for the womb, to be used when the hand is too large, and the neck too narrow’.

a. Painting. An object in the foreground of a composition (typically to one side), which serves to lead the viewer's eye into the principal scene or towards the principal figure, emphasizing this and increasing the sense of depth.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [noun] > a painting > accessories of > specific

repoussoir1845

phylactery1855

1845 Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 676/1 Whether a composition should be pyramidal or circular,..whether it should borrow its effects from accidental light or repoussoir foregrounds, must be left to the decision of the academical professors.

1925 A. Huxley Along the Road iii. 169 His exquisitely subtle use of repoussoirs and that extraordinary mastery of colour.

1970 T. Hilton Pre-Raphaelites v. 150 Brown's..landscapes of the 1850s..shunning the usual devices of repoussoir trees and the conventions of aerial perspective.

1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 208/3 In the foreground to the left, the figure of a man serves as a repoussoir, as does the broken tree with the two anglers placed centrally behind it.

b. In extended use and figurative.

ΚΠ

1847 Musical World 30 Oct. 686/2 He imagines that the dramatic art is like painting, that it requires repoussoirs.

1873 H. James in Galaxy Mar. 427 Mr. Casaubon is an excellent invention: as a dusky repoussoir to the luminous figure of his wife he could not have been better imagined.

1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxvi. 513 The relative motion felt by the retina is assigned to that one of its components which we look at more in itself and less as a mere repoussoir.

1977 ‘M. Innes’ Honeybath's Haven v. 46 The traveller who approaches Hanwell Court by the main drive has the advantage of first viewing the mansion disposed beyond a gigantic repoussoir known to art historians as the Poseidon urging the Sea-Monster to attack Laomedon.

2005 D. Cuypers in M. Heusser et al. On Verbal/Visual Representation 34 Here, Gautier's role will be restricted to that of a repoussoir for a few other critics, such as the comparatively young writer, Maxime Du Camp.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	repoussoir
释义	repoussoirn. Brit. /rᵻˈpuːswɑː/, U.S. /ˌrɛpuˈswɑr/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French repoussoir. Etymology: < French repoussoir (18th cent. denoting a medical instrument; 1762 in specific use in painting in sense 2; from the 15th cent. in Middle French in a number of other specific uses) < repousser (see repoussé adj.) + -oir (see -ory suffix¹). †1. Surgery. A probang or repositor. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1831 C. L. Heurteloup Princ. of Lithotrity 211 The different names of—‘pince-servante’, when it assists the principal forceps to secure the stone;..‘repoussoir’, when it pushes the calculus from the neck. 1849 Retrospect Pract. Med. & Surg. 19 133 The customary instrument, termed repoussoir, or probang, namely, a bit of sponge as big as a walnut stuck to the end of a whalebone, is generally useful..for..propelling large round substances. 1879 T. A. Emmet Princ. & Pract. Gynaecology xxi. 437 The mode of reduction is then shown in another figure, with a boxwood ‘repoussoir’, in the shape of a drumstick, ‘for the womb, to be used when the hand is too large, and the neck too narrow’. 2. a. Painting. An object in the foreground of a composition (typically to one side), which serves to lead the viewer's eye into the principal scene or towards the principal figure, emphasizing this and increasing the sense of depth. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [noun] > a painting > accessories of > specific repoussoir1845 phylactery1855 1845 Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 676/1 Whether a composition should be pyramidal or circular,..whether it should borrow its effects from accidental light or repoussoir foregrounds, must be left to the decision of the academical professors. 1925 A. Huxley Along the Road iii. 169 His exquisitely subtle use of repoussoirs and that extraordinary mastery of colour. 1970 T. Hilton Pre-Raphaelites v. 150 Brown's..landscapes of the 1850s..shunning the usual devices of repoussoir trees and the conventions of aerial perspective. 1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 208/3 In the foreground to the left, the figure of a man serves as a repoussoir, as does the broken tree with the two anglers placed centrally behind it. b. In extended use and figurative. ΚΠ 1847 Musical World 30 Oct. 686/2 He imagines that the dramatic art is like painting, that it requires repoussoirs. 1873 H. James in Galaxy Mar. 427 Mr. Casaubon is an excellent invention: as a dusky repoussoir to the luminous figure of his wife he could not have been better imagined. 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxvi. 513 The relative motion felt by the retina is assigned to that one of its components which we look at more in itself and less as a mere repoussoir. 1977 ‘M. Innes’ Honeybath's Haven v. 46 The traveller who approaches Hanwell Court by the main drive has the advantage of first viewing the mansion disposed beyond a gigantic repoussoir known to art historians as the Poseidon urging the Sea-Monster to attack Laomedon. 2005 D. Cuypers in M. Heusser et al. On Verbal/Visual Representation 34 Here, Gautier's role will be restricted to that of a repoussoir for a few other critics, such as the comparatively young writer, Maxime Du Camp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831
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