painted lady

[ peyn-tid ley-dee ]

/ ˈpeɪn tɪd ˈleɪ di /

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noun

a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish-black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots. The larvae feed on thistles.

Often Painted Lady . a Victorian or Edwardian house painted in at least three colors to enhance the intricate exterior detailing: Our painted lady is an 1868 Victorian with peach clapboards, periwinkle doors, and ornate features in white and pearl gray.

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Origin of painted lady

First recorded in 1690–1700

Words nearby painted lady

painted bunting, painted cup, Painted Desert, painted greenling, painted horse, painted lady, painted snipe, painted tongue, painted trillium, painted turtle, painted woman

How to use painted lady in a sentence

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Brebeuf, who wrote one hundred and fifty epigrams against a painted lady.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Isaac D'Israeli
The Painted Lady's lips were poisoned, so that a kiss was fatal.
The Art of Public Speaking|Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
A painted Lady best fits a Captain; for so both may fight under their colours.
The Works of John Marston|John Marston
The Painted Lady had never got any letters while she was in Thrums, but she looked wistfully at those of other people.
Tommy and Grizel|J.M. Barrie
Do you remember the long, lonely path between two ragged little dykes that led from the Den to the house of the Painted Lady?
Tommy and Grizel|J.M. Barrie

British Dictionary definitions for painted lady

painted lady

noun

a migratory nymphalid butterfly, Vanessa cardui, with pale brownish-red mottled wings

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