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tinge

  [tinj] ,verb, tinged, tinge⋅ing or ting⋅ing, noun
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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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tinge   (tĭnj)   
tr.v.   tinged (tĭnjd), tinge·ing or ting·ing (tĭn'jĭng), ting·es
  1. To apply a trace of color to; tint.
  2. To affect slightly, as with a contrasting quality: "The air was blowy and tinged with rain" (Joyce Carol Oates).
n.  
  1. A small amount of a color incorporated or added.
  2. A slight added element, property, or influence: a tinge of regret.

[Middle English tingen, from Latin tingere.]
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Tinge

Tinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tingeing.] [L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin to Gr. ?, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunch[=o]n, dunch[=o]n, thunk[=o]n. Cf. Distain, Dunker, Stain, Taint a stain, to stain, Tincture, Tint.] To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.

His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance. --Addison.

Syn: To color; dye; stain.

Tinge

Tinge\, n. A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.

His notions, too, respecting the government of the state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the government of the church. --Macaulay.
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Language Translation for : tinge
Spanish: tinte, matiz,
German: der Anflug,
Japanese: うすい色合
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tinge  (v.)
1471, "to dye, color slightly," from L. tingere "to dye, color," originally "to moisten" (see tincture). The noun is first recorded 1752.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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