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adjective
1.
marked with spots of white and other colors; mottled; spotted: a pinto horse.
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Pinto
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; < American Spanish (obsolete Spanish ) < Vulgar Latin *pinctus painted; see pinta
1855–60, Americanism; < American Spanish (obsolete Spanish ) < Vulgar Latin *pinctus painted; see pinta
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Word Origin & History
pinto
1860, "marked black and white," from Amer.Sp. pinto, lit. "painted, spotted," from Sp., from V.L. *pinctus, from L. pictus "painted," pp. of pingere "to paint" (see paint). Pinto bean is attested from 1916.
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