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tinge

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint.

2.	to impart a slight taste or smell to.

–noun

3.	a slight degree of coloration.

4.	a slight admixture, as of some qualifying property or characteristic; trace; smattering: a tinge of garlic; a tinge of anger.

[Origin: 1470–80; < L tingere to dye, color

]

—Synonyms 4. hint, shade, nuance, suspicion.

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tr.v. tinged (tĭnjd), tinge·ing or ting·ing (tĭn'jĭng), ting·es

To apply a trace of color to; tint.
To affect slightly, as with a contrasting quality: "The air was blowy and tinged with rain" (Joyce Carol Oates).

A small amount of a color incorporated or added.
A slight added element, property, or influence: a tinge of regret.

[Middle English tingen, from Latin tingere.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tinge (v.)

1471, "to dye, color slightly," from L. tingere "to dye, color," originally "to moisten" (see tincture). The noun is first recorded 1752.

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tinge
noun
1.	a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch]
2.	a pale or subdued color [syn: undertone]
verb
1.	affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
2.	color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November" [syn: tint]

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tinge [tindʒ] noun

a trace, or slight amount, of a colour
Example: Her hair had a tinge of red.

Arabic:	مَسْحَه، لَوْن خَفيف
Chinese (Simplified):	淡色调
Chinese (Traditional):	淡色調
Czech:	odstín, nádech
Danish:	skær
Dutch:	tint
Estonian:	varjund
Finnish:	vivahde
French:	teinte, nuance
German:	der Anflug
Greek:	απόχρωση, χροιά
Hungarian:	(halvány) árnyalat
Icelandic:	slikja, vottur
Indonesian:	sedikit warna
Italian:	tinta, sdumatura

Japanese:	うすい色合
Korean:	색조, 기미
Latvian:	nokrāsa; tonis
Lithuanian:	atspalvis
Norwegian:	skjær, anelse, anstrøk
Polish:	odcień
Portuguese (Brazil):	toque
Portuguese (Portugal):	tom
Romanian:	nuanţă, tentă
Russian:	оттенок
Slovak:	odtieň, nádych
Slovenian:	nadih
Spanish:	tinte, matiz
Swedish:	skiftning, nyans, ton
Turkish:	çok az, bir parça

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Tinge

Dis*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distained; p. pr. & vb. n. Distaining.] [OE. desteinen, OF. desteindre to take away the color, F. d['e]teindre; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. teindre to tinge, dye, L. tingere. See Tinge, and cf. Stain.] To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry. "Distained with dirt and blood." --Spenser.

[She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. --Spenser.

The worthiness of praise distains his worth. --Shak.

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Tinge

Taint\, v. t. [F. teint, p. p. of teindre to dye, tinge, fr. L. tingere, tinctum. See Tinge, and cf. Tint.]

1. To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.

2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.

His unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love. --Shak.

Syn: To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect; disease; vitiate; poison.

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