postimpressionist

postimpressionist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
English post-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *per-?
Proto-Indo-European *pres-der.
Proto-Italic *pres-
Latin premō
Latin imprimō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin impressiōnembor.
French impression
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der.
Latin -istabor.
French -iste
French impressionnistebor.
English impressionist
English postimpressionist

    From post- + impressionist.

    Adjective

    postimpressionist (comparative more postimpressionist, superlative most postimpressionist)

    1. Of or pertaining to postimpressionism.

    Noun

    postimpressionist (plural postimpressionists)

    1. A painter of the style of postimpressionism.
      • 2003, John H. Lienhard, Inventing Modern: Growing up with X-Rays, Skyscrapers, and Tailfins:
        The postimpressionists went much further in augmenting the limited evidence of our eyes with material of the mind.

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