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portraiture

/ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/
/ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

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From Middle English portraiture, portrature, purtraiture, pourtreture, from Old French portraiture, pourtraiture and Anglo-Norman purtraiture.

noun portraitures

countable, uncountable A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model. For, by the image of my cause, I see / The portraiture of his.
countable, uncountable The art of painting or photographing portraits.
countable, uncountable A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).

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@misc{portraiture_2026,
  title = {portraiture},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/portraiture},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}