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rhyparograph

UK/ɹɪˈpæ.ɹə.ɡɹɑːf/US/ɹɪˈpæ.ɹə.ɡɹæf/

rhyparograph noun: a painter of sordid or distasteful subjects.

Noun

rhyparograph (plural rhyparographs)

  1. A painter of sordid or distasteful subjects.
    • And Pyreicus, who painted, with all the diligence of a Dutch artist, nothing but barbers' shops, filthy factories, donkeys and cabbages as if that kind of thing had so much charm in Nature and were so rarely to be seen, got the nickname of the rhyparograph, the dirt-painter, although the luxurious...1985, H. B. Nisbet, editor, German Aesthetic and Literary Criticism

rhyparograph meaning in Tamil

rhyparograph in Tamil

ஒளிப்படப் படியெடுப்பு

Forms of rhyparograph

pluralrhyparographs

Origin of rhyparograph

From Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”) + -graph.

Questions about rhyparograph

What does rhyparograph mean?
Rhyparograph means a painter of sordid or distasteful subjects.
What is rhyparograph in Tamil?
Rhyparograph in Tamil is ஒளிப்படப் படியெடுப்பு. See Rhyparograph meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rhyparograph?
Rhyparograph is a noun.
How do you pronounce rhyparograph?
Rhyparograph is pronounced /ɹɪˈpæ.ɹə.ɡɹɑːf/ (UK).
What is the plural of rhyparograph?
The plural of rhyparograph is rhyparographs.

Words near rhyparograph in the dictionary

  1. rhyolites
  2. rhyolithic
  3. rhyolitic
  4. rhyparochromid
  5. rhyparochromids
  6. rhyparograph
  7. rhyparographer
  8. rhyparographers
  9. rhyparographic
  10. rhyparographist
  11. rhyparographists

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