metis vs painted

metis

adj
  • Of mixed heritage 

  • Of Métis heritage. 

noun
  • A person of mixed-race ancestry. 

  • A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon. 

  • Practical intelligence; street smarts. 

painted

adj
  • Colorful, as if painted. 

  • Superficial or cosmetic, without underlying depth of feeling. 

  • Wearing makeup. 

  • Coated with paint. 

  • Depicted in paint. 

How often have the words metis and painted occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )