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warpaint

warpaint is the alternative spelling of war paint.

Meaning of war paint

Noun

war paint (countable and uncountable, plural war paints)

  1. Pigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle.
  2. (informal) Cosmetics, makeup.

Forms of warpaint

pluralwarpaints

Questions about warpaint

What is warpaint the alternative spelling of?
Warpaint is the alternative spelling of war paint.

Words near warpaint in the dictionary

  1. warp speed
  2. warp speeds
  3. warpable
  4. warpage
  5. warpages
  6. warpaint
  7. warpainted
  8. warpaints
  9. warpath
  10. warpaths
  11. Warpe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: warpaint (page history and authors); war paint (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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