painty

[ peyn-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, paint·i·er, paint·i·est.

of, coated with, or soiled with paint:
a painty finish; painty overalls.
having a crudely or clumsily painted painted surface:
The stage set consisted chiefly of painty scenery.

Origin of painty¹

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

He admitted that fanlights, and white shutters against rosy brick, were more homelike than a painty wooden box.

Now the least notable of them, the most painty, the most slovenly, would look somehow like a shadow of Robert.

I figured I could do with a breath of less grease-painty air.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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