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painty

[ peyn-tee ]

adjective

paintier, paintiest.
  1. of, coated with, or soiled with paint:

    a painty finish; painty overalls.

  2. having a crudely or clumsily painted painted surface:

    The stage set consisted chiefly of painty scenery.



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Origin of painty1

First recorded in 1865–70; paint + -y 1
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Example Sentences

"Products that lack an antioxidant or preservative are likely to develop rancidity in the oil," he wrote, "and that can be metallic, fishy, painty, or stale-nut-like depending on the recipe."

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Consumers described the taste of fluorescent-exposed milk as “cardboard,†â€stale†and “painty.â€

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He was a reclusive artist and gardener, forever in old painty clothes.

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After Reynolds and Gainsborough, Lawrence looks pretty and painty; there is none of that power of uniting the figure with the ground—that melting of the flesh into the surrounding light which is seen in the pictures of the first President.

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And me all painty and no cap on and nothing, neither missis nor servant like.

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