tinct

tinct

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tinctus, past participle of tingō (“to tinge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪŋkt/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkt

Noun

tinct (plural tincts)

1. (archaic) a tint or colour
   • Shakespeare

     blue of heaven's own tinct

   • Tennyson

     all the devices blazoned on the shield, in their own tinct

   • 1889. Gissing, George. The Nether World, Volume 3 Chapter 1:

     The slightest tinct of uncertainty in the old man’s thought, and he, Kirkwood, became a plotter like the others, meeting mine with countermine.

Verb

tinct (third-person singular simple present tincts, present participle tincting, simple past and past participle tincted)

1. to tint, tinge or colour

Adjective

tinct (comparative more tinct, superlative most tinct)

1. tinged or lightly coloured

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Noun

tinct

1. Abbreviation of tincture.