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tinct

/tɪŋkt/

tinct noun: a tint or colour. Also the abbreviation of tincture.

Noun

tinct (plural tincts)

  1. (archaic) A tint or colour.
    • blue of heaven's own tinct1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
    • [She] fashion'd for it / A case of silk, and braided thereupon / All the devices blazon'd on the shield / In their own tinct, […]1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 147

Verb

tinct (third-person singular simple present tincts, present participle tincting, simple past and past participle tincted)

  1. to tint, tinge or colour

Adjective

tinct (comparative more tinct, superlative most tinct)

  1. tinged or lightly coloured
    • The blew in black, the greene in gray is tinct, […]1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Ægloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 45, verso

Also used as

tinct is also the abbreviation of tincture.

Forms of tinct

Noun
pluraltincts
Verb
third-person singular presenttincts
present participletincting
past participletincted
pasttincted
Adjective
comparativemore tinct
superlativemost tinct

Origin of tinct

From Middle English tynct (noun) and tincten, tyncten, tynkten (verb), borrowed from Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingō (“to tinge”). Doublet of tint.

Words formed from tinct

Words that rhyme with tinct

Questions about tinct

What does tinct mean?
Tinct means a tint or colour.
What part of speech is tinct?
Tinct can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce tinct?
Tinct is pronounced /tɪŋkt/.
What is the plural of tinct?
The plural of tinct is tincts.

Words near tinct in the dictionary

  1. tinchy
  2. tinchy-winchy
  3. tinclad
  4. tinclads
  5. tincs
  6. tinct
  7. tincted
  8. tincting
  9. tinction
  10. tinctions
  11. tinctorial

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