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teinture

/ˈteɪnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

teinture noun: colour; tinge; tincture.

Noun

teinture (plural teintures)

  1. (obsolete) colour; tinge; tincture
    • Thy blithe vivacity, yet manners meek, Thy waving ringlets and thy step so light, The rosy teinture of thy dimpled cheek, Impress'd each heart with exquisite delight.1799 May, “The Gleaner, No. VII”, in The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, page 324
    • A boundless view, like that of the Atlantic, or Pacific; but destitute of the sound of the winds, the music of waters, the teinture of clouds, and the motion, which gives life and circulation to the most torpid of temperatures.1837, Charles Bucke, On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature, page 245

Examples of teinture in a sentence

  • He had called at her quiet cottage, and he liked the teinture of old family pride that sat upon her simpleness like a vellum volume, richly bound, upon a bare deal board.1904 February, E. Ryves, “The Old Nurse: A Tragedy Without Acts”, in Womanhood, volume 11, number 63, page 143:
  • Otherwise, the doctor could administer a decoction of husks of nuts, quinine, sulphuric ether, and teinture of oranges.2016, Harry W. Paul, Bacchic Medicine, page 45:

Forms of teinture

pluralteintures

Origin of teinture

Borrowed from French teinture. Doublet of tainture, tinctura, and tincture.

Questions about teinture

What does teinture mean?
Teinture means colour; tinge; tincture.
How do you use teinture in a sentence?
He had called at her quiet cottage, and he liked the teinture of old family pride that sat upon her simpleness like a vellum volume, richly bound, upon a bare deal board.
What part of speech is teinture?
Teinture is a noun.
How do you pronounce teinture?
Teinture is pronounced /ˈteɪnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of teinture?
The plural of teinture is teintures.

Words near teinture in the dictionary

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

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