daubedadj.
/dɔːbd/ Plastered or coated with clay, paint or sticky matter; figurative bedizened, bearing a specious exterior.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [adjective] > smearing with a substance > smeared with a substance
daubedc1400
clammed1641
beplastered1862
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective] > having or given specious appearance
paintedc1390
daubedc1400
cloakeda1500
fucate1531
fucated1535
coloured1537
flim-flam1577
tinsel1595
varnisheda1616
punkish1616
white-limeda1631
pargeted1645
tinselled1651
vizarded1663
lacquered1687
glossy1698
catchpenny1705
catch-shilling1808
tinselly1811
whitewashed1859
shoddy1882
veneered1884
hollowed-out1890
face-lifted1941
suede shoe1952
cosmetic1955
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > badly or carelessly painted
daubed1630
dauby1829
gaumy1907
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 492 In þat cofer þat watz clay daubed.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 785 Hym liketh best a daubed wough.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 125 b Those dawbed, pargetted, and vermilion died faces.
1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 24 Glittering in dawbed lac'd accoustrements.
1630 S. D'Ewes Jrnl. Parl. (1783) 67 This daubed piece..the face hath no similitude.
1760 S. Fielding Ophelia I. xxv. 207 The painted Canvas is most innocent; but the daubed Hypocrite most criminal.
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