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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

painted-on en · ADJ

Etymology

From painted + on.

Meanings

  1. Applied through paint or in a manner reminiscent of covering a surface with paint, such as applying too much makeup.
  2. (excessive) Of an article of clothing, very tight.
    • She dashed by me in painted on jeans. 1984, Billy Ocean, Caribbean Queen:

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more painted-on Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most painted-on Degree=Sup lexicographic