painty

American  

[peyn-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

Etymology

Origin of painty

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

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."

From Salon • Oct. 5, 2021

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

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Bewilderment spread like a gray mist across the painty features of the Mordaunt Estate.

From From a Bench in Our Square by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

The new cottages are finely designed, but they are too black-and-white and painty to group easily with the older, mossier buildings and the White Hart Inn, with its nobly ugly sign.

From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh

You can say it is all very painty, the verdure; too painty; but you cannot reject the picture because of this little mannerism of the painter.

From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean