Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portrayist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: por-tray-ist
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who portrays or depicts.

Example Sentences

"[…] marriage, as at present understood, may soon be reckoned among the number of obsolete institutions, and offer a field of research to the antiquary rather than to the portrayist of existing ideas and customs."
"J. A. S. Monks, a portrayist of sheep and landscapes, is at Franklin Park, Boston, where two hundred sheep are placed at his disposal for sketching purposes."
"In the same naïveté may be found the reason why the brothers Le Nain, in an age of stiffly classical composition, yet rank with Chardin as the greatest portrayists of French peasant-life."

Etymology

From portray + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: portray

Inflected Forms

portrayists (plural)

Questions

What does portrayist mean?: One who portrays or depicts.
Where does portrayist come from?: From portray + -ist.

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