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pentimenti

Syllables: pen·ti·men·tiUK/ˌpɛntɪˈmɛnti/US/ˌpɛntəˈmɛnti/

pentimenti is the plural of pentimento.

Meaning of pentimento

Noun

pentimento (plural pentimenti or pentimentos)

  1. The presence of traces of a previous work in an artistic or literary work; especially (painting) an image which has been painted over but is still detectable.
    • The companion of this picture is the Madonna dressing the Infant, with Joseph planing a board in the back-ground; a performance though inferior in style to the former, not less original from the pentimenti still discoverable in the two principal figures.1831, Henry Fuseli, edited by John Knowles, The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, volume 3, London
    Synonyms:
    pentiment

Origin of pentimenti

Learned borrowing from Italian pentimenti, from pentimento + -i (the plural form of -o (suffix forming masculine singular nouns).

Words that rhyme with pentimenti

Questions about pentimenti

What is pentimenti the plural of?
Pentimenti is the plural of pentimento.
How do you pronounce pentimenti?
Pentimenti is pronounced /ˌpɛntɪˈmɛnti/ (UK).

Words near pentimenti in the dictionary

  1. pentiling
  2. pentille
  3. pentimal
  4. pentimals
  5. pentiment
  6. pentimenti
  7. pentimento
  8. pentimentoed
  9. pentimentos
  10. pentiments
  11. pentina

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