corpsepaint

noun

Etymology

From corpse + paint.

  1. derived from pingō
  2. derived from peintier
  3. inherited from peynten
  4. compounded as corpsepaint — “corpse + paint

Definitions

  1. A style of black-and-white makeup used primarily by black metal musicians and fans,…

    A style of black-and-white makeup used primarily by black metal musicians and fans, intended to make the wearer appear inhuman, corpselike, or demonic.

    • Many black metal musicians dress in black robes and wear exaggerated white-and-black “corpsepaint” on their faces, […]
    • You get kids over there in corpsepaint going to a death metal show, but then are going to go to [a] Darkness show. […]
    • Far more Pagan metal bands appear in the traditional black metal corpsepaint.

The neighborhood

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