< the name of Zeuxis (classical LatinZeuxis, ancient GreekΖεῦξις), an ancient Greek painter (5th cent. b.c.).
Meaning & use
1577–
An artist likened in some way to the Greek painter Zeuxis; used esp. with reference to his skill in producing extremely lifelike pictures, or his method of selecting attributes from different models and combining them to produce a composite idealized figure.
1577
A Painter once (that was a Zeuxis for his skill) Had children foule, deformed, blacke and of complexion ill.
T. Kendall, translation of Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 56
?1614
Desire (alas) Desire a Zeuxis new, From th' Orient borrowing Gold, from Westerne Skies Heauenly Cinabre, sets before my Eyes In euery place, her Haire, sweet looke, and Hue.
W. Drummond, Sonnet: In vaine I haunt in Poems
1734
Not the richest Skill of a Zeuxis or Apelles beautifying the Walls of this Fabrick, could ever supply the Absence of the Sun, or compensate the Loss of Light and Heat.
I. Watts, Reliquiæ Juveniles xii. 47
1888
In such a land you might well imagine that a Greek..needed only paint and brush to be a Zeuxis or a Parrhasius.
Annual Rep. Trustees Metrop. Museum Art No. 19 421
1999
The painting he creates is not one that would please a Zeuxis or a Protagoras.
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.
Vowels
iːfleece
ihappy
ɪkit
ɛdress
atrap, bath
ɑːstart, palm, bath
ɒlot
ɔːthought, force
ʌstrut
ʊfoot
uːgoose
əletter
əːnurse
ɪənear
ɛːsquare
ʊəcure
eɪface
ʌɪpride
aʊmouth
əʊgoat
ɔɪvoice
ãgratin
ɒ̃salon
ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.
Vowels
ifleece, happy
ɪkit
ɛdress
ætrap, bath
ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
ɑrstart
ɔcloth, thought
ɔrnorth, force
ʊfoot
ugoose
əstrut, comma
ərnurse, letter
ɪ(ə)rnear
ɛ(ə)rsquare
ʊ(ə)rcure
eɪface
aɪpride
aʊmouth
oʊgoat
ɔɪvoice
ɑ̃gratin
æ̃salon
ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values