portrait

Etymology

From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō.

noun

1. (countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
   In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature. a. 1792, Joshua Reynolds, Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts
2. (countable, figurative) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
   The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
3. (computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.

verb

1. (obsolete) To portray; to draw.

adj

1. Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.
   a portrait bust; a portrait statue