painty

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adjective

Covered or smeared with paint.

OriginEnglish paint ← Middle English peynten ← Old French peintier →
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Meanings

adjectivepainty (comparative paintier, superlative paintiest)

comparative paintier · superlative paintiest

  1. Covered or smeared with paint.
  2. Having too much paint.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pinéḱti
  3. Proto-Italic*pingō
  4. Latinpingō
  5. Latinpictus
  6. Vulgar Latin*pinctus
  7. Frenchpeint
  8. Old Frenchpeintier
  9. Middle Englishpeynten
  10. Englishpaint
  11. Englishpainty

From paint + -y.

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Translations

Finnish maalinen
  • maalinencovered or smeared with paint

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

painty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/painty

MLA

“painty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/painty. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “painty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/painty.

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