pensill
English
editNoun
editpensill (plural pensills)
- Obsolete spelling of pencil.
- Obsolete spelling of pencel.
- 1483, Richard III, “Richard III. to Piers Courteis, Keeper of his Wardrobe”, in Letters of the Kings of England[2], published 1846, page 153:
- […] forty trumpet banners of sarsenet; seven hundred and forty pensills; three hundred and fifty pensills of tarter; four standards of sarsenet with boars; […]
Adjective
editpensill
- Obsolete spelling of pensile.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 165:
- However the account of the Pensill or hanging gardens of Babylon [...] is of no slender antiquity [...].
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editEtymology
editUltimately from Latin penicillum, probably via Danish pensel.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpensill m (genitive singular pensils, nominative plural penslar)
Declension
editdeclension of pensill
Synonyms
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