different between tidge vs tinge

English

Etymology

Possibly a blend of tidbit and smidge.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?d?

Noun

tidge (plural tidges)

1. (informal) A very small amount.
   • 1978, Colin Tudge, "Cold turkey", New Scientist, 21-28 December 1978:

     Cucumber left for half a day, with red peppers and soy sauce and a tidge of sea salt (which tastes nice) comes through fierce and maritime as a Yangtse pirate.

   • 2007, Christian Moerk, Darling Jim, Henry Holt (2009), ?ISBN, page 39:

     Before I knew it he had taken my hand and squeezed it, just a tidge, like a gentleman would.

   • 2008, Connie Bailey, True Blue, Dreamspinner Press (2008), ?ISBN, page 178:

     “Sorry if I'm just a tidge miffed over the dirty trick he played on me.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:tidge.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:modicum.

Anagrams

• idget

English

Etymology

The verb is derived from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of ting? (“to dip; to moisten; to colour, dye, tinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to dip; to soak”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /t?n(d)?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

tinge (plural tinges)

1. A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.

   Synonyms: tincture, teint, (the latter two obsolete) teinture
2. The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.

Translations

Verb

tinge (third-person singular simple present tinges, present participle tinging or tingeing, simple past and past participle tinged)

1. (transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.

   Synonym: tinct
2. (transitive, figuratively) To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
3. (intransitive) 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.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tinged (adjective)
• tingent (archaic)
• untinged

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Teign, get in, get-in

Italian

Verb

tinge

1. third-person singular present indicative of tingere

Anagrams

• genti, tigne

Latin

Verb

tinge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ting?

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tinga (a-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse þinga, from Proto-Germanic *þing?n?.

Verb

tinge (present tense tingar, past tense tinga, past participle tinga, passive infinitive tingast, present participle tingande, imperative ting)

1. (transitive) to reserve; to place an order on

   Synonym: bestille

2. to subscribe (to a publication)

   Synonym: abonnere

3. to negotiate

Derived terms

• tingar
• tinge på
• tinging

Related terms

• ting

References

• “tinge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• eting, ginet, geint, ginte, tigne

Portuguese

Verb

tinge

1. third-person singular present indicative of tingir

Spanish

Noun

tinge m (plural tinges)

1. Eurasian eagle owl