Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TINTING
tinting
(noun) the act of adding a tinge of color; “the hairdresser gave her hair a modest tinting”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
tinting
present participle of tint
Noun
tinting (plural tintings)
The application of a tint or shade of color.
Anagrams
• nitting
Source: Wiktionary
TINT
Tint, n. Etym: [For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p.p. of tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto. See Tinge, and cf. Taint to stain, a stain, Tent a kind of wine, Tinto.]
Definition: A slight coloring. Specifically: -- (a) A pale or faint tinge of any color. Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass. Pope. Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. Harte.
(b) A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints. (c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines. Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.
Tint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinting.]
Definition: To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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