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teint en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /teɪnt/

Etymology

From French teint, teinte. See tint.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Colour, tinge; tint.
   • The paleness of Madame de St. Irvyne's cheek, on which the only teint was an occasional and hectic flush, announced that the illness which consumed her, rapidly increased, and would soon lead her gently to the gates of death. 1811, Percy Bysshe Shelley, St. Irvyne; or, the Rosicrucian, Chapter VII:
   • There was no rose-teint on his wasted cheek 1844, Mary Noel McDonald, Poems, The Dying Boy:
   • For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand; / Retouch your figures with his ripening hand; / Mellow your colors, and imbrown the teint; / Add every grace, which time alone can grant; / To future ages ſhall your fame convey, / And give more beauties than he takes away. a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “Epistle the Fourteenth. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, Principal Painter to His Majesty.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 201:

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