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pinxit

/ˈpɪŋksɪt/

pinxit noun: an inscription indicating the identity of the one who created a painting.

pinxit: an inscription indicating the identity of the one who created a painting
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Noun

pinxit (plural pinxits)

  1. An inscription indicating the identity of the one who created a painting.
    • A potential buyer of The Princess had refused to purchase unless Whistler modified his pinxit, scrawled across a corner of the canvas.1941, Frederic Jennings Haskin, The American Government, page 469
    • Nudes that look better than life— you wouldn't need to look for his pinxit.1970, Galaxy Magazine, volume 31, page 119

Forms of pinxit

pluralpinxits

Origin of pinxit

From the appearance of the Latin word pinxit (“he/she painted (this)”), perfect indicative third-person singular of pingo (“to paint”), after a painter's name on a painting.

Questions about pinxit

What does pinxit mean?
Pinxit means an inscription indicating the identity of the one who created a painting.
What part of speech is pinxit?
Pinxit is a noun.
How do you pronounce pinxit?
Pinxit is pronounced /ˈpɪŋksɪt/.
What is the plural of pinxit?
The plural of pinxit is pinxits.

Words near pinxit in the dictionary

  1. pinwheels
  2. Pinwherry
  3. pinworks
  4. pinworm
  5. pinworms
  6. pinxit
  7. pinxits
  8. Pinxter
  9. pinxterbloom azalea
  10. pinxterbloom azaleas
  11. Pinxton

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