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[tɪnt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a shade or variety of a colour
(e.g: the sky was taking on an apricot tint)
- an artificial dye for colouring the hair
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Origin
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early 18th century: alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian tinta) of obsolete tinct ‘to colour, tint’, from Latin tinctus ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’
[tɪnt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- colour (something) slightly; tinge
(e.g: her skin was tinted with delicate colour)
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Origin
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early 18th century: alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian tinta) of obsolete tinct ‘to colour, tint’, from Latin tinctus ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’
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