See Also: depaint(dictionary)

witful (iou) and depaint (iou)


witful (iou)



witful adjective. ME.
[from WIT noun + -FUL.]
Wise, sagacious. ME-E17.
Full of wit (in modern senses). M18.

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.