tinct - definition, synonyms and pronunciation

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color lightly“her greying hair was tinged blond”“the leaves were tinged red in November”Synonyms: tint tinge touchMore general color, colorizeMore specific complexion, tincture, henna

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Tinct adjective

Origin: L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge. See Tinge.

Tined; tinged. archaic Edmund Spenser

Tinct noun

Origin: See Tint.

Color; tinge; tincture; tint. archaic “Blue of heaven's own tinct.” William Shakespeare

All the devices blazoned on the shield, In their own tinct.— Alfred Tennyson

Tinct transitive verb

Origin: See Tinge.

To color or stain; to imblue; to tint. archaic Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54