English

Noun

tinct ‎(plural tincts)

1. a tint or colour
   • Shakespeare

     blue of heaven's own tinct

   • Tennyson

     all the devices blazoned on the shield, in their own tinct

   • 1889. Gissing, George. The Nether World, Volume 3 Chapter 1:

     The slightest tinct of uncertainty in the old man’s thought, and he, Kirkwood, became a plotter like the others, meeting mine with countermine.

Verb

tinct ‎(third-person singular simple present tincts, present participle tincting, simple past and past participle tincted)

1. to tint, tinge or colour

Adjective

tinct ‎(comparative more tinct, superlative most tinct)

1. tinged or lightly coloured

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Noun

tinct

1. Abbreviation of tincture.