imbrattatele

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Italian

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of imbratta (to smear, to daub) +‎ tele (canvases).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˌbrat.taˈte.le/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Hyphenation: im‧brat‧ta‧té‧le

Noun

imbrattatele m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. (derogatory) dauber (unskillful painter)
    Synonym: imbianchino
    Coordinate term: imbrattacarte
    • 1793, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, translated by Maria Chiara Pievatolo, Beweis der Unrechtmäßigkeit des Büchernachdrucks; republished as Prova dell'illegittimità della ristampa dei libri, 2012:
      Ogni imbrattatele sa certamente applicare colori, luce e ombre, e dipingere un bambino e una giovane donna; ma non si tratta di questo: si tratta della forma dell'esecuzione, che si può sentire ma non descrivere.
      Every dauber certainly knows how to apply colors, highlights and shadows, and draw a child and a young woman; but it does not regard this: it regards the form of exclusion, that one can feel but not describe.
    • 1927, Il tesoretto della coltura italiana:
      Adesso che ogni imbrattatele può mandar suoi quadri al Salon, non si sente parlare d'altro che di genii incompresi.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  1. ^ imbrattatele in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication