/tɪnd͡ʒ/
OriginThe verb is derived from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of tingō (“to dip; to moisten; to colour, dye, tinge”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
- A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
“Though a ſingle grain of copper diſſolved in upwards of twenty gallons of clear water may be detected by a viſible blue tinge appearing on the addition of a few drops of volatile alcali, yet this is b”
“And when we consider that other theory of the natural philosophers, that all other earthly hues—every stately or lovely emblazoning—the sweet tinges of sunset skies and woods; [...] all these are but ”
“Crimson—pure red, with a slight tinge of blue, giving it a purplish hue; the common color of red apples. / Scarlet—a bright red, with a slight tinge of yellow.”
- The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.
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- transitiveTo add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
“[T]he water being ting'd red, cant it off, iterate it ſo long till the Vitriol tingeth the water no more.”
“A Saline liquor therefore, mixt with another ting'd liquor, may alter the colour of it ſeveral ways, either by altering the refraction of the liquor in which the colour ſwims: or ſecondly by varying t”
“Amalgam of Silver. [...] Colour ſilvery white or grey: Luſtre metallic: Creaks when cut. Sp[ecific] gravity above 10. Tinges gold white.”
- figuratively, transitiveTo affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
“Hail! nurse of thought, with brow serene; / Who, as the sun, so wont, retires, / And leaves the sky to milder fires, / Tingest with shadowy forms the fading scene, [...]”
“For the very intensity of the light is all-consuming and it consumes this very vibration of the liar and his lie tingeing the word, the murderer and his murder tingeing their works!”
“When I think of the love my father never gave me I feel encased in a veil with steel threads. [...] Sometimes a happy thought can make me jump for joy, but I must be careful: if I jump too high, I'll ”
- intransitiveTo change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.
“[H]is virtues, as well as imperfections, are as it were tinged by a certain extravagance, which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men.”
“Taint is here a metaphorical expression. It means literally something which tinges. "The mean and malignant passions" are therefore, first of all, a substance which tinges. This substance which tinges”
Formstinges(plural) · tinges(present, singular, third-person) · tinging(participle, present) · tingeing(participle, present) · tinged(participle, past) · tinged(past) · tinge(infinitive) · tinge(first-person, present, singular) · tinged(first-person, past, singular) · tinge(present, second-person, singular) · tingest(archaic, present, second-person, singular) · tinged(past, second-person, singular) · tingedst(archaic, past, second-person, singular) · tingeth(archaic, present, singular, third-person) · tinged(past, singular, third-person) · tinge(plural, present) · tinged(past, plural) · tinge(present, subjunctive) · tinged(past, subjunctive) · tinge(imperative, present)