| \SIN-ee-ast, SIN-ey-\ |
noun
1. any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
2. an aficionado of filmmaking. |
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…Mr. Jones remains rigidly focused on hammering home the director François Truffaut’s motivation for writing the 1966 book on which this film is based: To lead Hitchcock, then widely considered a mere commercial entertainer, out of the shoals of populism and into the cineaste spotlight.
-- Jeannette Catsoulis, "Review: 'Hitchcock/Truffaut' Revisits the Master of Suspense,"New York Times, December 1, 2015 |
| Origin |
| Cineaste comes from the French cinéaste. It enter | | | | | |
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| \AW-fing, OF-ing\ |
noun
1. the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
2. a position at a distance from shore. |
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The offing was barred by a black band of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the outermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.
-- Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, 1902 |
| Origin |
| Offing is formed from the adverb off meaning "away from a place" and the suffix -ing. It entered English in the early 1600s. |
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