tingent
English
Etymology
From Latin tingens, present participle of tingere (“to tinge”). See tinge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɪnd͡ʒənt/
- Rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒənt
Adjective
tingent (comparative more tingent, superlative most tingent)
- (archaic) Having the power to tinge.
- 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours
- As for the white part, it appears much less enriched with the tingent property.
- 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tingent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- netting, tenting
Latin
Verb
tingent
- third-person plural future active indicative of tingō