Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grease-painted

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: grease--paint-ed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of greasepainted.

Example Sentences

"Thirty-five men and women, dressed and grease-painted to simulate burned, shocked and broken “victims of the bomb attack,” took positions in Falls Street."
"Soldiers with grease-painted faces guarded gas stations, and most businesses were shut."
"Mattie Faint has been a professional clown since he was 17 when, as a theatre student up from Plymouth, he got a gig as a grease-painted human signpost for a puppet show in London."

Etymology

From grease paint /grease-paint + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: grease paint//grease-paint

Questions

What does grease-painted mean?: Alternative form of greasepainted.
Where does grease-painted come from?: From grease paint /grease-paint + -ed.

How to pronounce grease-painted

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