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depicturement

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Etymology

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From depicture +‎ -ment.

Noun

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depicturement (plural depicturements)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The act or result of depicturing something.
    Synonym: depiction
    • 1876, John Grote, chapter 13, in A Treatise on the Moral Ideals[1], Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, page 307:
      The life of each one of us [] while we read with interest the depicturement of the lives of others, seems prosaic to us because it is ours []