painty

adjective

ˈpāntē,

-ti

usually -er/-est

1

a

: of, relating to, or suggestive of paint

a painty odor

b

: spattered or smeared with paint

after doing the kitchen walls she found that her clothes were all painty

2

: marked by or suggestive of an excessive or often crudely obtrusive use of paint

an unskillful painty portrait

painty stage scenery

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