painted

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They painted--painted by Satan!--upon his cerebellum more than music--music that merged into picture; and he was again in the glade of the Druids.

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  1. adjective Represented in paint.
  2. adjective Covered or decorated with paint.
  3. adjective Brightly colored; gaudy.
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  • The sign on the old fence was hand-painted, a child's handwriting, in colors she recognized from the mask on the Potters' refrigerator. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 04 - April 1996
  • Every letter seemed fresh-painted, and after the dinginess of prison, the crude decorations struck me as worthy of the old masters. —  Prisoner for Blasphemy
  • “And I want a new name painted on her stern,” I said. —  Scoundrel by Bernard Cornwell
  • It cost eighteen pounds; on the same day there was a new name painted on the board below. —  The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh
  • She was going to have her portrait painted, and Val was brought along to help to decide on her costume. —  My Flirtations
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