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Definition of Painty
1. a. Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface.
Definition of Painty
1. Adjective. Covered or smeared with paint. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a painting) Having too much paint. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Painty
1. covered with paint [adj PAINTIER, PAINTIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Painty
Literary usage of Painty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Painters: With One Hundred and Four Examples of Their Work Engraved by George William Sheldon (1880)
"That crux of a painter in oil, which daily vexes his soul, namely, the endeavor
to get rid of a painty look in his work, and the difficulty, as Sir Joshua ..."
2. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1906)
"They are a rich red color, so much so, that the surface of the ground, where
these shales occur, is quite red or painty from the leaching of the iron from ..."
3. Imaginary Interviews by William Dean Howells (1910)
"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. ..."
4. Italian Cities by Edwin Howland Blashfield (1902)
"He is painty too, which last word means that, in places, the flesh, and especially
the drapery, suggest paint on wood rather than the substances which they ..."
5. Italian Cities by Edwin Howland Blashfield (1902)
"He is painty too, which last word means that, in places, the flesh, and especially
the drapery, suggest paint on wood rather than the substances which they ..."
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