different between tintype vs melainotype

tintype

English

Etymology

tin +? type

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?t?nta?p/

Noun

tintype (plural tintypes)

  1. An early, remarkably durable form of photograph (technically a photographic negative), printed on a tin plate, then varnished.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 993:
      They'll show you tintypes of the kids more often than not, hell, they love em chavalitos.

Derived terms

  • not on your tintype

Verb

tintype (third-person singular simple present tintypes, present participle tintyping, simple past and past participle tintyped)

  1. (transitive) To produce a tintype image of.

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melainotype

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] (black) + type.

Noun

melainotype (plural melainotypes)

  1. A ferrotype or tintype.

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