tingent

English

Etymology

From Latin tingens, present participle of tingere (“to tinge”). See tinge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪnd͡ʒənt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒənt

Adjective

tingent (comparative more tingent, superlative most tingent)

1. (archaic) Having the power to tinge.
   • 1664, Robert Boyle, “Experiment X”, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Henry Herringman […], published 1670, →OCLC, part III (Containing Promiscuous Experiments about Colours), page 209:

     [T]his VVood by the Tincture, it afforded us in VVater, appears to have its coloured part Genuine enough; for as for the VVhite part, it appears upon trial of both at once, much leſs enriched vvith the tingent Property.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tingent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• netting, tenting

Latin

Verb

tingent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of tingō