Archaic tinged; tinted
Origin of tinct
Classical Latin tinctus, past participle of tingere: see tingeNow Rare a color; tint
tinct
tinct tincture
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tinct
noun
A color or tint.
adjective
Colored lightly or faintly; tinged.
Origin of tinct
Middle English a transforming elixir from Latin tīnctus a dyeing from past participle of tingere to dyeTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present tincts, present participle tincting, simple past and past participle tincted)
- to tint, tinge or colour
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Origin
From Latin tinctus (“dyeing"), past participle of tingÅ (“I tinge").
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