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tintless

tintless adjective: having no tint; colourless.

Adjective

tintless (comparative more tintless, superlative most tintless)

  1. Having no tint; colourless.
    • One of the most curious things on the shallow parts of Huron is to sail or row over the submarine or sublacune mountains, and to feel giddy from fancy, for it is like being in a balloon, so pure and tintless is the water.1849, Richard Henry Bonnycastle, chapter IX, in Canada and the Canadians, Henry Colburn
    • How, with the tintless pallor of her skin and the classic straightness of her lineaments, she managed to look sensual, I don't know.1857, Charlotte Brontë, chapter X, in The Professor

Forms of tintless

comparativemore tintless
superlativemost tintless

Origin of tintless

From tint + -less.

Words formed from tintless

Questions about tintless

What does tintless mean?
Tintless means having no tint; colourless.
What part of speech is tintless?
Tintless is an adjective.

Words near tintless in the dictionary

  1. tintinnid
  2. tintinnids
  3. Tintinologist
  4. Tintinologists
  5. Tintinology
  6. tintless
  7. tintlessness
  8. tinto de verano
  9. tintometer
  10. tintometers
  11. tintometric

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