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teints

teints is the plural of teint.

Meaning of teint

Noun

teint (plural teints)

  1. (obsolete) Colour, tinge; tint.
    • For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand; / Retouch your figures with his ripening hand; / Mellow your colors, and imbrown the teint; / Add every grace, which time alone can grant; / To future ages ſhall your fame convey, / And give more beauties than he takes away.a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “Epistle the Fourteenth. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, Principal Painter to His Majesty.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […]...

Questions about teints

What is teints the plural of?
Teints is the plural of teint.

Words near teints in the dictionary

  1. teinland
  2. teinoscope
  3. teinoscopes
  4. teins
  5. teint
  6. teints
  7. teinture
  8. teintures
  9. teip
  10. teips
  11. Teiresian

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