inscape

[ in-skeyp ]

noun
  1. the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.

Origin of inscape

1
First recorded in 1865–70; in-1 + -scape; coined by Gerard Manley Hopkins

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inscape

/ (ˈɪnskeɪp) /


noun
  1. the essential inner nature of a person, an object, etc

Origin of inscape

1
C19: from in- ² + -scape, as in landscape; coined by Gerard Manley Hopkins

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