Pentimento

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An underlying image in a painting, as an earlier painting, part of a painting, or original draft, that shows through, usually when the top layer of paint has become transparent with age.
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  • n. An alteration in a painting, evidenced by traces of previous work, showing that the artist has changed his or her mind as to the composition during the process of painting.
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  • n. the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    picture    painting   
    Variant
    pentimenti   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Sacramento    argento    bento    lento    memento   
     
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