Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A color or tint.
- adj. Colored lightly or faintly; tinged.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To tinge or tint, as with color; hence, figuratively, to imbue.
- Tinged.
- n. Tint; tinge; coloring; hue.
- n. A tincture; an essence; specifically, the grand elixir of the alchemists.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Archaic Tined; tinged.
- n. Archaic Color; tinge; tincture; tint.
- v. Archaic To color or stain; to imblue; to tint.
WordNet 3.0
- v. color lightly
Etymologies
- From Latin tinctus ("dyeing"), past participle of tingō ("I tinge"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, a transforming elixir, from Latin tīnctus, a dyeing, from past participle of tingere, to dye. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Well, now brain scientists say something distinct is happening in the physical brain, too.”
“This painting of the flesh, I understand, is performed in their youth, by picking the skin with a needle, until the blood starts, and rubbing in a blueish tinct, which is as permanent as their life.”
“Mars tinctured either cheek with tinct of martial red;”
“It darkles, (tinct, tint) all this our funnaminal world.”
“Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul, And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct.”
“She was aware of curious glances as she sat in the bow of the caique watching Myros turn from an indis tinct blur into a tall, mountainous ridge, the lower slopes softened by patches of greenery.”
“They moved forward in a combat crouch, following the tinct center of what had once been a fairly wide road.”
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“It is therefore possible to have several simultaneous but distinct con - nections to the same port on a given machine, as long as the remote sockets are dis - tinct.”
“There was a dis - tinct crack - like a twig snapping in two.”
Lists
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touch
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Archaic
Because they just don't make 'em like they used to.
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
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