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corpsepaint

corpsepaint noun: a style of black-and-white makeup used primarily by black metal musicians and fans, intended to make the wearer appear inhuman, corpselike, or demonic.

Noun

corpsepaint (uncountable)

  1. A style of black-and-white makeup used primarily by black metal musicians and fans, intended to make the wearer appear inhuman, corpselike, or demonic.
    • Many black metal musicians dress in black robes and wear exaggerated white-and-black “corpsepaint” on their faces, […]2007, Ronald Bogue, Deleuze's Way: Essays in Transverse Ethics and Aesthetics, Ashgate Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 45
    • You get kids over there in corpsepaint going to a death metal show, but then are going to go to [a] Darkness show. […]2012, Joel McIver, Machine Head: Inside the Machine, Omnibus Press, →ISBN

Forms of corpsepaint

alternative formcorpse paint

Origin of corpsepaint

From corpse + paint.

Questions about corpsepaint

What does corpsepaint mean?
Corpsepaint means a style of black-and-white makeup used primarily by black metal musicians and fans, intended to make the wearer appear inhuman, corpselike, or demonic.
What part of speech is corpsepaint?
Corpsepaint is a noun.

Words near corpsepaint in the dictionary

  1. corpsefucker
  2. corpsefuckers
  3. corpsehood
  4. corpseless
  5. corpselike
  6. corpsepaint
  7. corpser
  8. corpsers
  9. corpses
  10. corpses-to-be
  11. corpseses

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