plein air

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French plein air.

Adjective

plein air (not comparable)

  1. (painting) Done outdoors.
    • 2014, Guy Mantis, “Afterword”, in Page Nelson, edited by William Ruminant, A Book of Emblems […], revised edition, Another Sparrow Press, →ISBN, page 1:
      The general editor, Dr William Ruminant, directing the full resources of his Institute, operating at the highest levels of textual terrain, could care less for the plein air scenics of mere biography.
    • 2021, Ed Tarkington, The Fortunate Ones, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, page 87:
      The next day, I began sketching out a new painting. I didn't need a photograph or a plein air study; the image was with me all the time, floating at the edge of my consciousness.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: pleyn eyr
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