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Definition of Mispainting
1. mispaint [v] - See also: mispaint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mispainting
Literary usage of Mispainting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... untrue, which is the worst species of mispainting. Witness, as Sterling himself
would have by and by admitted, ..."
2. The Life of John Sterling: Latter-day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle, John Sterling (1897)
"... lucent often with fine color, and dipt in beautiful sunshine, there are several
things misse««, untrue, which is the worst species of mispainting. ..."
3. Carlyles' Works by Thomas Carlyle (1884)
"... untrue, which is the worst species of mispainting. Witness, as Sterling himself
would have by and by admitted, ..."
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