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tint

Syllabification: (tint)
Pronunciation: /tint/

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Definition of tint

noun

  • 1a shade or variety of color:the sky was taking on an apricot tint
  • Printing an area of faint even color printed as a halftone, used for highlighting overprinted text.
  • a set of parallel engraved lines to give uniform shading.
  • a trace of something:a tint of glamour
  • 2an artificial dye for coloring the hair.
  • an application of hair dye:peering into the mirror to see if any white hair showed after her last tint

verb

[with object] (usually be tinted)
  • color (something) slightly; tinge:her skin was tinted with delicate color (as adjective tinted)a black car with tinted windows
  • dye (someone’s hair) with a tint.

Derivatives

tinter

noun

Origin:

early 18th century: alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian tinta) of obsolete tinct 'to color, tint', from Latin tinctus 'dyeing', from tingere 'to dye or color'

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