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tinge
- /tɪnd͡ʒ/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɪndʒ
Where it comes from
The verb is derived from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of tingō (“to dip; to moisten; to colour, dye, tinge”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
noun tinges
- A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing. Though a ſingle grain of copper diſſolved in upwards of twenty gallons of clear water may be detected by a viſible blue tinge appearing on the addition of a few drops of volatile alcali, yet this is by no means the caſe in turbid high-coloured liquors, [...] Hence the neceſſity of diluting ſuch liqu
- The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint. [page 51] The following are the results of experiments made with rhubarb, to ascertain the best modes of detecting it in the urine and blood, and the time it takes to pass from the stomach to the urinary bladder. [...] [page 52] In 17 minutes, half an ounce of urine was voided, which when tested had
- A draper's or clothier's markup. A retail house […] are in the habit of cutting up, say, a fourpenny Croydon, into dozens; these dozens are marked four shillings and threepence, with one penny "tinge;" so that the privileged customer pays threepence more for the calico "marked up cheap!" […]
verb tinges · tinging · tingeing · tinged · tinge
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To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
[T]he water being ting'd red, cant it off, iterate it ſo long till the Vitriol tingeth the water no more.
Similar: tinct
- To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing. Hail! nurse of thought, with brow serene; / Who, as the sun, so wont, retires, / And leaves the sky to milder fires, / Tingest with shadowy forms the fading scene, [...]
- To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing. [H]is virtues, as well as imperfections, are as it were tinged by a certain extravagance, which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men.
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noun small added amount of colour; (by extension) small added amount of some other thing
| Español | toque |
|---|---|
| Português | toque |
| Français | teinte, touche |
| Deutsch | Färbung, Tönung |
noun degree of vividness of a colour — see also hue, shade, tint
| Español | toque, tinte, matiz |
|---|---|
| Français | nuance, teinte |
| Italiano | sfumatura |
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