PAINTED


Meaning of PAINTED in English

ˈpāntə̇d adjective

Etymology: Middle English peynted, painted, from past participle of peynten to paint

1.

a. : produced through the medium of painting

as idle as a painted ship — S.T.Coleridge

: done in colors that have been applied by painting on a surface

treasured the painted likeness of her son

b. : coated or touched up with paint or decorated with painted representations or designs

scratched the painted woodwork

the painted faces of the savages

especially : heavily made up with cosmetics

a region not quite used to painted women

c. : marked by bright or contrasting colors

the sunlit painted meadow

2. : lacking substance and vitality and correspondence with truth : hollow , artificial , sham

that painted hope — Shakespeare

enjoying painted pleasures

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.