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Burlington Magazine

The Burlington Magazine (1903–).
The 629th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 752 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations752Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word20Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning98Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
blurrinessThe quality of being blurry; blurredness.1937Go To Quotation
bozzettoA small rough model for a larger sculpture; also, a sketch for a larger painting.1935Go To Quotation
contrappostoIn the visual arts, the arrangement of a figure so that the action of arms and…1903Go To Quotation
hausmalerOne who paints undecorated china in his own house or private workshop.1935Go To Quotation
IfeThe name of a town in Western Nigeria, the religious centre of the Yoruba people, used attrib.…1939Go To Quotation
malerischOf or relating to a manner of painting characterized more by the merging of colours than…1933Go To Quotation
modelletto= modello n.1937Go To Quotation
modelloA sketch for a larger painting, often executed in detail, which is prepared for…1937Go To Quotation
monogrammistA person who applies a monogram; spec. an artist who signs his or her work with a monogram.1939Go To Quotation
neo-PalladianOf or relating to a revival of the Palladian style.1940Go To Quotation
Ravenscroftattrib. Designating a kind of flint glass or lead glass devised by George Ravenscroft, or an article made of this.1924Go To Quotation
relatabilityThe quality or fact of being relatable; capacity for being linked or connected.1937Go To Quotation
robotlikeResembling or suggestive of a robot.1923Go To Quotation
ryaA Finnish and Scandinavian type of knotted pile rug. Also rya rug.1921Go To Quotation
self-deprecatory= self-depreciatory adj.1939Go To Quotation
Sezession= secession n. 3d.1905Go To Quotation
surrealHaving the qualities of surrealist art; bizarre, dreamlike.1937Go To Quotation
under-drawingA preliminary sketch, subsequently covered by layers of paint.1934Go To Quotation
VerrocchiesqueSuggestive of or resembling in subject or style the works of Verrocchio.1933Go To Quotation
well-documentedSupported or attested by much documentary evidence.1937Go To Quotation

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