"painted Jezebel" meaning in English

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Noun

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: 78 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25
  2. Delias hyparete, a species of butterfly of the family Pieridae.
    Sense id: en-painted_Jezebel-en-noun-Ez8opcSd

Inflected forms

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