- any object that arouses comment because of some striking or unusual quality.
- group portraiture representing more or less fashionable people either in an interior or landscape setting.
- a play that relies for its effect mainly on the cleverness of its dialogue rather than on plot or action.
- something, esp an unusual object, that provokes conversation
- (esp in 18th-century Britain) a group portrait in a landscape or domestic setting
- a play emphasizing dialogue
