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pentimentos

pentimentos 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

Questions about pentimentos

What is pentimentos the plural of?
Pentimentos is the plural of pentimento.

Words near pentimentos in the dictionary

  1. pentimals
  2. pentiment
  3. pentimenti
  4. pentimento
  5. pentimentoed
  6. pentimentos
  7. pentiments
  8. pentina
  9. pentinas
  10. pentine
  11. pentinene

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