PICTURE
ADJECTIVES
► PAINTY of a picture: overcharged with paint; having the paint too obtrusive → 1870
► SIGNED ALL OVER of a picture: clearly characteristic of its creator → 1909 artists’ usage
NOUNS
► BAB a child’s name for a picture of any kind → 1856 Eng. dial.
► BABBY a child’s name for a picture → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BABIES pictures in books → 1598 obs.
► BUTTERICK a picture typical of those found in a fashion magazine → 1901 obs.
► CAD-CATCHER pictures painted to attract the undiscriminating → 1882 artists’ usage
► CATAGRAPH the first draught or delineation of a picture → 1656 obs.
► FIGURE MAN the principal figure in a picture → c1830 sl.
► FLANDERS PIECES pictures that look fair at a distance, but coarser near at hand → 1690 sl.
► GAY a picture in a book → 1646 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GLOSSY a sexy picture of young women, esp. ones that are posted outside bars, clubs, etc., to allure customers; also later of men such as film actors → 1970s US sl.
► ICONOCLASM the breaking or destroying of images; esp. the destruction of images and pictures set up as objects of veneration → 1797
► ICONOPHILISM a taste for pictures, engravings, etc. → 1888
► ICONOPHILY a taste for pictures, engravings, etc. → 1894
► NIGHT-PIECE a painting or picture representing a night scene → 1605
► PAINT a painting, a picture → c1710 obs.
► PAINTURE that which is painted; painting, pictorial work; a painting, a picture → a1225 obs.
► SCENERY a picture, usually a photograph → 1933 Amer. dial.
► SMUTS obscene pictures → E20 US criminals’ sl.
► TABLATURE a painting; a picture → 1711 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ICONOPHILE a connoisseur of pictures, engravings, book illustrations, and the like → 1881
► ICONOPHILIST a connoisseur of pictures, engravings, book illustrations, and the like → 1884
VERBS
► ADUMBRATE to shade a picture, to represent with due light and shade so as to complete what has been sketched or delineated → 1599 obs.
► EFFIGIES to portray, to picture → 1652 obs.
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