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tinct

1

[tingkt]

verb (used with object)

  1. to tinge or tint, as with color.

  2. Obsolete.to imbue.



adjective

  1. tinged; colored; flavored.

noun

  1. tint; tinge; coloring.

tinct.

2

abbreviation

  1. tincture.

tinct

/ ɪŋ /

noun

  1. an obsolete word for tint

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. poetictinted or coloured

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tinct1

1425–75 for earlier alchemical sense; 1585–95 tinct for def. 1; 1595–1605 tinct for def. 4; late Middle English < Latin īԳٳܲ, past participle of tingere to dye, color, tinge
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tinct1

C15: from Latin tinctus, from tingere to colour
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The afternoon was green; this do I recall; the haze in the atmosphere pregnant with the tinct of leaf and grass, so the water, the sky, all appeared submerged.

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Since their discovery in 2010, the ex­tinct ice age humans called Deniso­vans have been known only from bits of DNA, taken from a sliver of bone in the Denisova Cave in Siberia, Russia.

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It was a dis­tinct pleasure to have the Secretary congratulate me warmly.

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From thee the sapphire, solid ether, takes Its hue cerulean; and, of evening tinct, The purple streaming amethyst is thine.

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It has a slight "tang" of archaism—just enough to suggest "lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon," or the "spice and balm" of Miller's sea-winds.

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