tinctured en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English tincture Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English tinctured From tincture (verb) + -ed.
Meanings
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(also, figuratively) Coloured or stained with a dye or pigment; coloured, dyed, stained, tinged.
Six wings he wore, to shade / His lineaments divine; the pair that clad / Each shoulder broad, came mantling o'er his breast / With regal ornament; the middle pair / Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round / Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold / And colours dipt in Heaven; the third his feet / Shadowed from either heel with feathered mail, / Sky-tinctured grain.
1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 277–285:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most tinctured | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more tinctured | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |