See Also: dandilly(dictionary)

depaint (iou) and dandilly (iou)


depaint (iou)



depaint verb trans. Long arch. rare. Pa. pple (earlier, arch.) depaint, -ed. ME.
[Orig. pa. pple, from Old & mod. French depeint pa. pple of depeindre from Latin depingere: see DE- 1, PAINT verb. Cf. DEPEINCT, DEPICT.]
Represent in colours; paint; depict; delineate. Freq. in pass. ME.
Paint or decorate (as) with painted figures; paint or colour (a surface). Usu. in pass. ME.
Portray in words; describe graphically or by comparison. Also foll. by out, forth. LME.
Stain. LME-E17.

dandilly (iou)



dandilly noun & adjective. Scot. E16.
[App. a deriv. of DANDLE verb.]
A. noun. A pet, a darling. E16.
b. adjective. Petted, spoiled. M18.