painted adjective. ['peɪntɪd] ME.
[from PAINT verb + -ED¹.]
1. That has been painted. ME.

2. fig. Deceptively coloured, unreal, artificial; feigned. LME.

3. Brightly coloured; variegated. LME.
Special collocations: painted bat a SE Asian bat, Kerivoula picta, with scarlet or orange fur and fingers and black wing membranes. painted beauty a large N. American butterfly, Cynthia virginiensis, that is brownish yellow with black and white markings; also called American painted lady. painted bunting a brightly coloured N. American bunting, Passerina ciris. painted cloth: see CLOTH noun 1. painted cup = paintbrush (b) s.v. PAINT noun. painted finch any of various brightly coloured finches, esp. (a) Emblema pictum of central Australia; (b) = painted bunting above. painted grass = ribbon-grass s.v. RIBBON noun. painted lady (a) any of several migratory butterflies that are brownish yellow or orange with black and white markings; spec. Vanessa cardui; American painted lady = painted beauty above; (b) any of several plants with particoloured flowers; esp. (S. Afr.) any of various kinds of gladiolus. painted quail any of various quails and birds resembling them with mottled plumage, esp. (a) any of the genus Excalfactoria; (b) an Australasian button quail, Turnix varia. painted snipe a small long-billed wading bird, Rostratula benghalensis, having brown plumage with bold and colourful markings and native to warmer regions of the Old World. painted terrapin a small American freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta, that is black or olive with red and yellow markings on the head and shell. painted top-shell a littoral gastropod mollusc, Calliostoma zizyphinum, with a vividly coloured conical shell. painted tortoise, painted turtle = painted terrapin above.

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