scene-paintingadj.

Brit.

/ˈsiːnˌpeɪntɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsinˌpeɪn(t)ɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: scene painting n.

Etymology: < scene painting n.

Characterized by or reminiscent of scene painting (in various senses); (also) that engages in scene painting.

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1782 H. B. Dudley Dramatic Puffers 12 It's strange I should never be able to catch those scene-painting gentry!

1835 Spectator 14 Feb. 164/2 Turner seems to paint slovenlily..; yet what other painter preserves equal clearness of colour? Not that we like this scene-painting manner; we should prefer being able to look at a picture near as well as at a distance.

1838 T. B. Macaulay Let. 20 July in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) II. vii. 11 A bold, dashing, scene-painting manner is that which always succeeds best in periodical writing.

1899 C. T. Winchester Some Princ. Lit. Crit. (1902) viii. 306 Even the dramatist is obliged to give hasty, passing hints to our scene-painting fancy.

1912 A. A. T. Craig Dramatic Festival ii. 29 The delightful chance at broad colour work that the final scene-painting squad has.

1979 19th-cent. Fiction 34 228 London does figure, though by far the most numerous and sustained scene-painting entries [in his diary] come from Gissing's continental travels.

2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Jan. b4/3 Beyond their storytelling and scene-painting appeal, Strauss's tone poems are also textbooks in orchestrational brilliance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scene-painting
释义	scene-paintingadj. Brit. /ˈsiːnˌpeɪntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsinˌpeɪn(t)ɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: scene painting n. Etymology: < scene painting n. Characterized by or reminiscent of scene painting (in various senses); (also) that engages in scene painting. ΚΠ 1782 H. B. Dudley Dramatic Puffers 12 It's strange I should never be able to catch those scene-painting gentry! 1835 Spectator 14 Feb. 164/2 Turner seems to paint slovenlily..; yet what other painter preserves equal clearness of colour? Not that we like this scene-painting manner; we should prefer being able to look at a picture near as well as at a distance. 1838 T. B. Macaulay Let. 20 July in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) II. vii. 11 A bold, dashing, scene-painting manner is that which always succeeds best in periodical writing. 1899 C. T. Winchester Some Princ. Lit. Crit. (1902) viii. 306 Even the dramatist is obliged to give hasty, passing hints to our scene-painting fancy. 1912 A. A. T. Craig Dramatic Festival ii. 29 The delightful chance at broad colour work that the final scene-painting squad has. 1979 19th-cent. Fiction 34 228 London does figure, though by far the most numerous and sustained scene-painting entries [in his diary] come from Gissing's continental travels. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Jan. b4/3 Beyond their storytelling and scene-painting appeal, Strauss's tone poems are also textbooks in orchestrational brilliance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1782
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