paintable

adj — 2 senses

paintable

adj

Etymology From paint + -able.

1

That can be painted; to which a coating of paint can be applied.

2

Able or suitable to be painted (rendered by an artist in paint).

  • The grunt indicated doubt. Not so easy to paint, these paintable subjects.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 29:
Antonyms
unpaintable
Derived terms
paintableness, paintably

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