PENTIMENTO

pentimento

(noun) the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pentimento (plural pentimenti)

(art) The presence or emergence of traces of previous work or image, especially of the same subject, originally in painting.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 June 2025

HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.

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