tinct

[ tingkt ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to tinge or tint, as with color.

  2. Obsolete. to imbue.

adjective
  1. tinged; colored; flavored.

noun
  1. tint; tinge; coloring.

Origin of tinct

1
1425–75 for earlier alchemical sense; 1585–95 for def. 1; 1595–1605 for def. 4; late Middle English <Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingere to dye, color, tinge

Other definitions for tinct. (2 of 2)

tinct.

abbreviation
  1. tincture.

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British Dictionary definitions for tinct

tinct

/ (tɪŋkt) /


noun, verb
  1. an obsolete word for tint

adjective
  1. poetic tinted or coloured

Origin of tinct

1
C15: from Latin tinctus, from tingere to colour

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