tinge /tɪnd͡ʒ/noun 3verb 3forms 7 noun3 •A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.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. — 1862 •The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint. •(slang, no longer used) A draper's or clothier's markup. verb3 •To 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. — 1658 •To 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. — 1711 •(figurative) To 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, [...] — 1812 formstinged · tingedst · tingeing · tinging · tinges · tingeth · tingest
