neutral-tintedadj.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːtr(ə)ltɪntᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)utrəlˌtɪn(t)ᵻd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: neutral adj., tinted adj.

Etymology: < neutral adj. + tinted adj.

Of a neutral tint; not brightly or clearly coloured. Also figurative.

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the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > dull coloured

wannish?a1412

colourless1557

sullena1586

sober1603

dingy1665

dunduckety1818

duckety1841

drabbish1842

neutral-tinted1844

drabby1862

drab1880

drably-tinted1891

terne1901

1844 Hood's Mag. Nov. 509 His chin was neutral-tinted by a blueish beard of two days' growth.

1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table iv. 124 Forget her lessons of neutral-tinted propriety.

1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. xxxi The sober, neutral-tinted world.

1901 G. B. Shaw Capt. Brassbound's Conversion i, in Three Plays for Puritans 215 He wears the sun helmet and pagri, the neutral-tinted spectacles, and the white canvas Spanish sand shoes.

1931 Sci. Monthly May 407/1 A simple grating spectrograph..is all that is required, but it is convenient to have a sector or a neutral tinted wedge in front of the slit by means of which a curve of the sensitiveness of the material is drawn automatically so that the position of the sensitive bands can be seen at a glance.

1962 Gloss. Terms Glass Industry (B.S.I.) 6 Neutral tinted glass, a dark grey glass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	neutral-tinted
释义	neutral-tintedadj. Brit. /ˈnjuːtr(ə)ltɪntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈn(j)utrəlˌtɪn(t)ᵻd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: neutral adj., tinted adj. Etymology: < neutral adj. + tinted adj. Of a neutral tint; not brightly or clearly coloured. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > dull coloured wannish?a1412 colourless1557 sullena1586 sober1603 dingy1665 dunduckety1818 duckety1841 drabbish1842 neutral-tinted1844 drabby1862 drab1880 drably-tinted1891 terne1901 1844 Hood's Mag. Nov. 509 His chin was neutral-tinted by a blueish beard of two days' growth. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table iv. 124 Forget her lessons of neutral-tinted propriety. 1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. xxxi The sober, neutral-tinted world. 1901 G. B. Shaw Capt. Brassbound's Conversion i, in Three Plays for Puritans 215 He wears the sun helmet and pagri, the neutral-tinted spectacles, and the white canvas Spanish sand shoes. 1931 Sci. Monthly May 407/1 A simple grating spectrograph..is all that is required, but it is convenient to have a sector or a neutral tinted wedge in front of the slit by means of which a curve of the sensitiveness of the material is drawn automatically so that the position of the sensitive bands can be seen at a glance. 1962 Gloss. Terms Glass Industry (B.S.I.) 6 Neutral tinted glass, a dark grey glass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1844
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