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Webster 1913 Edition

Tinge

Tinge

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tinged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tingeing
.]
[L.
tingere
,
tinctum
, to dye, stain, wet; akin to Gr. [GREEK], and perhaps to G.
tunken
to dip, OHG.
tunchōn
,
dunchōn
,
thunkōn
. 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

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tinge

TINGE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. tingo; Eng. to dye.] To imbue or impregnate with something foreign; to communicate the qualities of one substance, in some degree, to another, either by mixture, or by adding them to the surface; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron; to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste. The jaundice tinges the eyes with yellow.
The virtues of sir Roger, as well as his imperfections, are tinged with extravagance.

TINGE

,
Noun.
Color; dye; taste; or rather a slight degree of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; as a red color that has a tinge of blue; a dish of food that has a tinge of orange peel in its taste.

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