Associations to the word «Portraiture»

Pictures for the word «Portraiture»

Wiktionary

PORTRAITURE, noun. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
PORTRAITURE, noun. The art of painting or photographing portraits.
PORTRAITURE, noun. A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).

Dictionary definition

PORTRAITURE, noun. A word picture of a person's appearance and character.
PORTRAITURE, noun. The activity of making portraits.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats