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ammonite (n.)[ammonite 词源字典]: "cephalopod mollusk," 1758, from French (Breyn, 1732), "better established" [Century Dictionary] by French zoologist Jean Guillaume Bruguière (c. 1750-1798) in 1789, from Medieval Latin (cornu) Ammonis "horn of Ammon," the Egyptian god of life and reproduction, who was depicted with ram's horns, which the fossils resemble. The resemblance also was noted in ancient times.[ammonite etymology, ammonite origin, 英语词源]
depict (v.): early 15c., from Latin depictus, past participle of depingere "to portray, paint, sketch; describe, imagine," from de- "down" (see de-) + pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)). Related: Depicted; depicting.
escutcheon (n.): "shield on which a coat of arms is depicted," late 15c., from Old North French escuchon, variant of Old French escusson "half-crown (coin); coat of arms, heraldic escutcheon," from Vulgar Latin *scutionem, from Latin scutum "shield" (see hide (n.1)).
Escutcheon of pretense, in her., a small escutcheon charged upon the main escutcheon, indicating the wearer's pretensions to some distinction, or to an estate, armorial bearings, etc., which are not his by strict right of descent. It is especially used to denote the marriage of the bearer to an heiress whose arms it bears. Also called inescutcheon. [Century Dictionary]

Clev. Without doubt: he is a Knight? Jord. Yes Sir.
Clev. He is a Fool too?
Jord. A little shallow[,] my Brother writes me word, but that is a blot in many a Knights Escutcheon.
[Edward Ravenscroft, "Mamamouchi, or the Citizen Turn'd Gentleman," 1675]
painted (adj.): c. 1300, "depicted in a picture;" early 15c., "coated with paint," past participle adjective from paint (v.).
vandyke (n.): "short, pointed beard," 1894, from the style shown on portraits by Flemish painter Anton Van Dyck (1599-1641); earlier "a type of collar with a deep cut edge" (1755) also from a style depicted in his paintings.
court card: "A playing card that is a king, queen, or jack of a suit", Mid 17th century: alteration of 16th-century coat card, so named because of the decorative dress of the figures depicted.
agathodemon: "A beneficent spirit or divinity, especially one manifested or depicted as a serpent or dragon", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Shaw (1694–1751), traveller. From (i) post-classical Latin agathodaemon kind of Egyptian serpent.
paysage: "A landscape, especially as depicted in art", French, literally 'countryside', from pays 'country'.