"painted Jezebel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: painted Jezebels [plural]
Etymology: From Jezebel, the Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings). She incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols. Before her death, knowing that she was soon to be slain, she took the time to fix her hair and paint her face. From the 16th century, some people believed that makeup was worn only by immoral women; hence the wearing of makeup implied immorality. Head templates: {{en-noun}} painted Jezebel (plural painted Jezebels)
  1. (obsolete, derogatory) A Jezebel; an evil, scheming, shameless or immoral woman, especially one who uses physical attractiveness to evil ends. Tags: derogatory, obsolete Categories (lifeform): Pierid butterflies
    Sense id: en-painted_Jezebel-en-noun-kawl3x2J Disambiguation of Pierid butterflies: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 78 22
  2. Delias hyparete, a species of butterfly of the family Pieridae.
    Sense id: en-painted_Jezebel-en-noun-Ez8opcSd

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