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English
Etymology
From Middle English tynct (noun) and tincten, tyncten, tynkten (verb), borrowed from Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingō (“to tinge”). Doublet of tint.
Pronunciation
Noun
tinct (plural tincts)
- (archaic) A tint or colour.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :blue of heaven's own tinct
- 1889. Gissing, George. The Nether World, Volume 3 Chapter 1:
- The slightest tinct of uncertainty in the old man’s thought, and he, Kirkwood, became a plotter like the others, meeting mine with countermine.
Verb
tinct (third-person singular simple present tincts, present participle tincting, simple past and past participle tincted)
- to tint, tinge or colour
Adjective
tinct (comparative more tinct, superlative most tinct)
- tinged or lightly coloured
1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Ægloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: , London: Hugh Singleton, , →OCLC, folio 45, verso:The blew in black, the greene in gray is tinct, […]
Noun
tinct
- Abbreviation of tincture.