painted Jezebel noun2 •Delias hyparete, a species of butterfly of the family Pieridae. •(offensive) A Jezebel; an evil, scheming, shameless or immoral woman, especially one who uses physical attractiveness to evil ends.[I]n her absence Olive might give any version of her she chose. "I have told him you are a radical, and you may tell him, if you like, that I am a painted Jezebel." — 1885 formspainted Jezebels