Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paintress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paintress
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female painter.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Oosterwyck (Maria Van), a celebrated Dutch paintress of flowers and fruit, born at Nootdrop, a small town near Delft, in 1630."
"Bennings, Liévene, a celebrated Flemish paintress, daughter of Simon Benichius, or Bennings, a miniature painter of Bruges, who instructed her in the art."
"After a short time, she moved to Minton's to train as a paintress."

Etymology

From Middle English peyntrys, from Old French peintresse; equivalent to painter + -ess.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: peyntrys, peintresse
Suffix: painter

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

paintresses (plural) painteress (alternative)

Synonyms

paintrix

Questions

What does paintress mean?: A female painter.
Where does paintress come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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