pentimento

American  

[pen-tuh-men-toh] / ˌpɛn təˈmɛn toʊ /

noun

Painting.

pentimenti plural

1. the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over.

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pentimento British  

/ ˌpɛntɪˈmɛntəʊ /

noun

1. the revealing of a painting or part of a painting that has been covered over by a later painting

2. the part of a painting thus revealed

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• pentimenti
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pentimento

1900–05; < Italian, equivalent to penti ( re ) to repent (< Latin paenitēre to regret) + -mento -ment

Example Sentences

But in 1973, a book called Pentimento was published.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2021

Play Mexico City-based ensemble Pentimento presents an interactive performance that tries to transform audience members into actors; part of the LAX Festival.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2017

Ms. Lacy, 68, recently allowed the tables to be turned, sitting for an interview in the sunny Manhattan offices of her company, Pentimento Productions, in the Starrett Lehigh building overlooking the Hudson River.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2017

Her popularity as a dramatist in decline, Hellman began writing what would become four volumes of legendarily unreliable memoirs, An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time and Maybe.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2011

Another piece belonging to this period is the Pentimento amoroso by Luigi Groto, which was printed as early as 1575.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.