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tinct

noun
/tɪŋkt/

Etymology

From Middle English tynct (noun) and tincten, tyncten, tynkten (verb), borrowed from Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingō (“to tinge”). Doublet of tint.

  1. derived from tīnctus
  2. inherited from tynct

Definitions

  1. A tint or colour.

    • blue of heaven's own tinct
    • [She] fashion'd for it / A case of silk, and braided thereupon / All the devices blazon'd on the shield / In their own tinct, […]
    • The slightest tinct of uncertainty in the old man’s thought, and he, Kirkwood, became a plotter like the others, meeting mine with countermine.

  2. to tint, tinge or colour

  3. tinged or lightly coloured

    • The blew in black, the greene in gray is tinct, […]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Abbreviation of tincture.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA