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painted Jezebels

painted Jezebels is the plural of painted Jezebel.

Meaning of painted Jezebel

Noun

painted Jezebel (plural painted Jezebels)

  1. (derogatory, obsolete) A Jezebel; an evil, scheming, shameless or immoral woman, especially one who uses physical attractiveness to evil ends.
    • [I]n her absence Olive might give any version of her she chose. "I have told him you are a radical, and you may tell him, if you like, that I am a painted Jezebel."1885–1886, Henry James, The Bostonians […], London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 16 February 1886, →OCLC
  2. Delias hyparete, a species of butterfly of the family Pieridae.

Questions about painted Jezebels

What is painted Jezebels the plural of?
Painted Jezebels is the plural of painted Jezebel.

Words near painted Jezebels in the dictionary

  1. painted grasshawks
  2. painted hound
  3. painted hunting dog
  4. painted hunting dogs
  5. painted Jezebel
  6. painted Jezebels
  7. painted ladies
  8. painted lady
  9. painted mantis shrimp
  10. painted mantis shrimps
  11. painted oneself into a corner

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