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tint

[tint]
noun
1.
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
2.
a color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation.
3.
a delicate or pale color.
4.
any of various commercial dyes for the hair.
5.
Engraving. a uniform shading, as that produced by a series of fine parallel lines.
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6.
Also called tint block. Printing. a faintly or lightly colored background upon which an illustration or the like is to be printed.
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verb (used with object)
7.
to apply a tint or tints to; color slightly or delicately; tinge.

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Tints is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1710–20; variant of tinct

non·tint·ed, adjective
o·ver·tint, verb
o·ver·tint, noun
re·tint, verb (used with object)
un·tint·ed, adjective
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well-tint·ed, adjective
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color, hue, shade, tint (see synonym note at shade).
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Word Origin & History

tint
"color," 1717, alteration of tinct (c.1600), from L. tinctus "a dyeing," from tingere "to dye" (see tincture); influenced by It. tinta "tint, hue," from L. tinctus. The verb is attested from 1756 (implied in tinted).
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Slang Dictionary

tints definition


  1. n.
    sunglasses. : I have to get some prescription tints.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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