pentimento

Pronunciation: /ˌpɛntɪˈmɛntəʊ/

The English word “pentimento” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

The presence of traces of a previous work in an artistic or literary work; especially (painting) an image which has been painted over but is still detectable.

Etymology

[Alt: A blue-tinted painting of a man's bent neck, with a faint image of a woman's face in its background] Learned borrowing from Italian pentimento (“repentance, penance, penitence; remorse; change of opinion; correction; traces of a previous image or work in an artwork”), from pentìrsi (“to repent; to regret”) + -mento (suffix forming nouns representing the actions of verbs to which it is…

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