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