Tinct
//tɪŋkt// adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A tint or colour. archaic
"blue of heaven's own tinct"
- 2 Abbreviation of tincture. abbreviation, alt-of
Verb
- 1 to tint, tinge or colour
- 2 color lightly wordnet
Adjective
- 1 tinged or lightly coloured
"The blew in black, the greene in gray is tinct, […]"
Example
More examples"[She] fashion'd for it / A case of silk, and braided thereupon / All the devices blazon'd on the shield / In their own tinct, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English tynct (noun) and tincten, tyncten, tynkten (verb), borrowed from Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingō (“to tinge”). Doublet of tint.
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