tingedadj.
/tɪn(d)ʒd/, U.S. /tɪndʒd/ That is or has been tinged (in various senses of the verb); (originally Alchemy) transformed by the action of a tincture (tincture n. 6a); (later chiefly) coloured, tinted. In later use frequently as the second element in compounds.bluish-tinged, fire-tinged, glory-tinged, etc.: see the first element.
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1651 J. French tr. J. R. Glauber Descr. New Philos. Furnaces iii. 211 Mix these tinged spirits, filter them, and in Balneo by a glass Alembick with a gentle heat draw them off from the Tincture.
1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. 110 With a smoked or tinged Glass before your Eye.
a1825 H. Fuseli Lect. viii, in J. Knowles Life & Writings H. Fuseli (1831) II. 349 The brown and sun-tinged hermit, and the pale decrepit elder, contrast each other.
1921 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music (rev. ed.) 281 The fearless and friendly Redpoll is a little crimson-tinged winter bird often associated in groups with the Goldfinch during the winter months.
2012 M. L. von Glinski Simile & Identity in Ovid's Metamorphoses iv. 152 The simile of the tinged marble in Orpheus' tale renders erotic attraction as a fascination with beauty as an end in itself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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