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Definition of 'tint'English
Etymology 1
Alteration of earlier tinct, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
A slight coloring.
A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
- Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Verb
(intransitive) To shade, to color.
* {{quote-book|year=1963|author=(Margery Allingham)
|title=(The China Governess)
|chapter=1 citation
|passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
See also
* tinter
Etymology 2
Unknown(?)
Alternative forms
* int
Contraction
( en-cont)
(Yorkshire|colloquial) it is not; it isn't; 'tisn't; it'sn't
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