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tinct

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tinct  (tngkt)
n.
A color or tint.
adj.
Colored lightly or faintly; tinged.

[Middle English, a transforming elixir, from Latin tnctus, a dyeing, from past participle of tingere, to dye.]

tinct [tɪŋkt]
n & vb
an obsolete word for tint
adj
(Literature / Poetry) Poetic tinted or coloured
[from Latin tinctus, from tingere to colour]
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Verb1.tinct - color lightlytinct - color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
henna - apply henna to one's hair; "She hennas her hair every month"
color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
tincture - stain or tint with a color; "The leaves were tinctured with a bright red"
complexion - give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills"


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As he talked, things about us came darkly out of the darkness, and the trampled bushes and broken rose trees outside the window grew dis- tinct.
 
 
 
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