pentimento

noun

pen·ti·men·to ˌpen-tə-ˈmen-(ˌ)tō How to pronounce pentimento (audio)

plural pentimenti

ˌpen-tə-ˈmen-(ˌ)tē

: a reappearance in a painting of an original drawn or painted element which was eventually painted over by the artist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The yellow title casts a grayish shadow within the turquoise, a pentimento whose sign of an earlier paint layer signals a stratum of history.

Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 But none of this backstory is explained in the film, which instead comes across as the cinematic equivalent of a pentimento, with the trace of the men’s friendship concealed beneath a conventional documentary form.

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 May 2021 Alabama’s flag is a giant crimson X, St. Andrew’s cross, that’s almost a pentimento of the Confederate flag.

Karen Heller, Washington Post, 1 July 2019

Word History

Etymology

Italian, literally, repentance, correction, from pentire to repent, from Latin paenitēre — more at penitent

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined above

单词	pentimento
释义	pentimento noun pen·ti·men·to ˌpen-tə-ˈmen-(ˌ)tō plural pentimenti ˌpen-tə-ˈmen-(ˌ)tē : a reappearance in a painting of an original drawn or painted element which was eventually painted over by the artist Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The yellow title casts a grayish shadow within the turquoise, a pentimento whose sign of an earlier paint layer signals a stratum of history. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 But none of this backstory is explained in the film, which instead comes across as the cinematic equivalent of a pentimento, with the trace of the men’s friendship concealed beneath a conventional documentary form. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 May 2021 Alabama’s flag is a giant crimson X, St. Andrew’s cross, that’s almost a pentimento of the Confederate flag. Karen Heller, Washington Post, 1 July 2019 Word History Etymology Italian, literally, repentance, correction, from pentire to repent, from Latin paenitēre — more at penitent First Known Use 1823, in the meaning defined above
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