About The Word Tinge
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Tinge
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What's The Definition Of Tinge?
[n] a pale or subdued color
[n] a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [v] dye with a color [v] suffuse with color Synonyms | Synonyms for Tinge: bepaint | hint | hue | imbue | jot | mite | pinch | soupcon | speck | tinct | tint | touch | touch | undertone Related Terms | Find terms related to Tinge: See Also | complexion | dye | henna | shade | small indefinite amount | small indefinite quantity | snuff | tincture | tincture | tint | tone Tinge In Webster's Dictionary \Tinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tingeing}.] [L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin
to Gr. ?, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunch[=o]n,
dunch[=o]n, thunk[=o]n. Cf. {Distain}, {Dunker}, {Stain},
{Taint} a stain, to stain, {Tincture}, {Tint}.]
To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign;
as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in
some degree with the qualities of another substance, either
by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to
color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red;
an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.
His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections,
are tinged by a certain extravagance. --Addison.
Syn: To color; dye; stain.
\Tinge\, n. A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste. His notions, too, respecting the government of the state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the government of the church. --Macaulay. |
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