Warpaint

Definition

warpaint /'wↄ:peÇnt/ n [U] (က) (ယခင္) အေမရိကန္တိုင္းရင္းသား မ်ား စစ္မထြက္မီ ကိုယ္၌ ျခယ္သည့္ ေၾကာင္ေၾကာင္က်ားက်ားေဆး။ (ခ) ( infml joc ) မိတ္ကပ္။ မ်က္ႏွာေခ်။ She never goes out without putting her warpaint on!

Examples

1. ‘A band of Indians on their ponies
2. stripped to the waist
3. decorated with warpaint and feathers
4. came riding at full speed
5. emitting that penetrating yell that only an Indian is capable of making.’
6. ‘As I looked at it it
7. it somehow reminded me of an Apache brave's warpaint.’
8. ‘Tattooing the skin by pricking and staining with dye reflects the use of woad by Celtic warriors
9. warpaint by North American Indians
10. and tattooing by Maoris.’
11. ‘Liminal or exceptional states are not restricted to the festive rituals of a community: they are also manifested in war
12. in marking the bodies with warpaint.’