painty

American  

[payn-tee] / ˈpeɪn ti /

adjective

paintier, paintiest

1. of, coated with, or soiled with paint.

   a painty finish; painty overalls.

2. having a crudely or clumsily painted surface.

   The stage set consisted chiefly of painty scenery.

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Other Word Forms

• paintiness
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of painty

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

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Example Sentences

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painty

"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."

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2021

So the kind lady took off my yarn hair and cut the stitches out of my head, and took out all the painty cotton.

From Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle

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

From Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

That," said the Mordaunt Estate, wiping his painty hands on his knees with brilliant results, as he turned a fat and smiling face to them, "is after the R. Noovo style.

From From a Bench in Our Square by Samuel Hopkins Adams

Several hundred feet away was the boundary fence and here the correctness of his direction was confirmed by a painty smooch on the top rail where the fugitive had climbed over.

From Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

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