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tinct

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"color, tint," c.1600, from Latin tinctus "a dyeing," from tingere "to dye" (see tincture ).

Usage examples of tinct.

Of burnished metal, fretted and embossed With all the marvelous story of her birth Painted in prodigal splendor of rich tincts, And carved by heavenly artists,--crystal seas, And long-haired Nereids in their pearly shells, And all the wonder of her lucent limbs Sphered in a vermeil mist.

The tub was filled with steaming water tinct with sweet oils and strewn with unseasonable primrose petals like flakes of the sun.