Definitions
any likeness of a person, in any medium
Word origin
From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō).
Used in a sentence
“In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.”
“The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.”
“But all as in most exquisite pictures, they vse to blaze and portrait, not only the daintie lineaments or beautie, but also round about it to shadowe the rude thickets and craggy clifts”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Picture of a person”8 letters
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