paintedadj.

a. That has been coloured; to which paint has been applied; ornamented or decorated with designs or pictures executed in paint or colours.In early use applied to fabrics, either painted or embroidered with colour. See also painted cloth n.

b. figurative. Chiefly literary. Coloured so as to deceive; unreal, artificial; feigned, pretended.

c. Of the face, etc.: artificially coloured, as with cosmetics. Of a person: wearing cosmetics, warpaint, etc. Also with up (cf. paint v.¹ 3a).

Painted Chamber n. [after Anglo-Norman Chaumbre Peynte, Chaumbre de Peynte (14th cent.)] a chamber in the old Palace of Westminster in London (destroyed by fire in 1834), whose walls were decorated with a series of battle scenes and in which from 1339 Parliament often assembled, or (occasionally) the sovereign met the two Houses of Parliament (now historical); any of various similarly decorated chambers in other palaces, halls, etc.

† painted ground n. Obsolete a section of the former Fleet Prison in London distinguished by the illustrations painted on its walls.

† painted mischief n. Obsolete slang playing cards.

painted woman n. a woman wearing cosmetics; spec. (euphemistic) a disreputable woman, a prostitute; cf. painted lady n. 1.

† painted mallow n. Obsolete rare a plant of the family Malvaceae, (probably) Sphaeralcea miniata, originating in South America and having bright red flowers.

painted bat n. a small bat of India and South-East Asia, Kerivoula picta (family Vespertilionidae), having deep orange or scarlet fur and fingers, and black wing membranes.

painted beauty n. a large North American nymphalid butterfly, Cynthia virginiensis, that is brownish yellow with black and white markings.

painted bunting n. (a) a small, brightly coloured bunting, Passerina ciris, of the southern United States (also called nonpareil); (b) = painted longspur n. (now rare).

† painted clam n. Obsolete rare the sunray shell, Macrocallista nimbosa (family Veneridae), of the south-east coast of the United States, having a pinkish grey shell with radiating lilac bands.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

painted cup n. chiefly North American any of various plants of the genus Castilleja (or, formerly, of the related genus Bartsia), having brightly coloured calyces; cf. paintbrush n. 2.

painted duck n. (a) the paradise shelduck, Tadorna variegata, of New Zealand; †(b) the mandarin duck, Aix galericulata (obsolete rare); †(c) the harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus (obsolete rare).Senses (b) and (c) are apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

painted finch n. any of various brightly coloured finches or similar small songbirds, esp. (a) Emblema pictum (family Estrildidae) of central Australia; (b) the painted bunting, Passerina ciris.

painted goose n. North American the emperor goose, Anser canagica.

painted grass n. now rare a variegated cultivated form of reed canary grass, Phalaris arundinacea.

painted honeyeater n. an Australian honeyeater, Conopophila picta, having black, white, and yellow plumage and a pink bill.

† painted hyena n. Obsolete rare the African hunting dog, Lycaon pictus, having short variegated black, white, and yellow fur.

painted longspur n. rare Smith's longspur, Calcarius pictus, a North American migratory bunting, the male of which has a black and white head, buff nape and underparts, and a white edge to the tail.

painted partridge n. a brightly coloured partridge, Francolinus pictus, of India and Sri Lanka.

painted quail n. any of various quails and similar birds with mottled plumage; esp. (a) (more fully Chinese painted quail) the blue quail, Coturnix chinensis, of Africa, South and South-East Asia, and Australia; (b) (more fully painted button-quail) an Australasian button-quail, Turnix varia.

painted ray n. a short-nosed ray, Raja microocellata, of the eastern Atlantic, having a grey back covered with white spots and lines.

painted snipe n. either of two snipe-like wading birds constituting the family Rostratulidae, Rostratula benghalensis of Africa, Asia, and Australia, and Nycticryphes semicollaris of South America, the female of both species being more brightly coloured than the male, having a mainly brown and chestnut body with black and white markings.

painted terrapin n. (a) = painted turtle n.; (b) an Asian terrapin, Callagur borneensis (family Emydidae).

painted top n. (in full painted top-shell) a littoral gastropod mollusc, Calliostoma zizyphinum, which has a vividly coloured conical shell.

painted tortoise n. = painted turtle n.

painted trillium n. a North American trillium, Trillium undulatum having long white petals with a maroon marking near the base.

painted turtle n. a small American freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta (family Emydidae), that is black or olive with red and yellow rings on the head and shell, and is often kept as a pet.

painted vulture n. now historical a kind of vulture described as occurring in Florida (see quot. 1791), but of which there were no other confirmed sightings, perhaps a variety of the king vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, or a separate species (named as S. sacra), now extinct.