Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: time – tinge
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time (-s, -'s), n. [OE tima.] (webplay: absolute, age, application, believe, clock, come, common, day, distinct, dull, equal, eternity, event, found, future, God, good, head, hour, life, lost, measure, month, music, past, present, process, relative, season, sound, spend, sprit, sun, temple, treble).
- The normal course of events; the passing of minutes and hours, days and years.
- Occasion; moment.
- Particular hour; specific duration; reading of the clock.
- Mortality; life.
- Reiteration; opportunity; repetition of a similar opportunity.
- A long enough period; sufficient duration of minutes, hours, etc.
- Period; duration.
- The proper moment; an appropriate occasion; the correct moment; an acceptable occasion.
- Season; month of the year.
- The present; the current moment.
- Instance; occurrence.
- Opportunity.
- Measure of linear temporality; measure of the passing of minutes and hours.
- Phrase “in time”: sufficiently early.
- Phrase “at a time”: at once; together.
- Phrase “all the time”: always; at every moment.
timid, adj. [L. timid-us, fear.] (webplay: triumph).
- Trembling; shaking.
- Grave; solemn; frightening.
- Humble; meek.
- Shy; hesitant; uncertain; not bold.
timid, adv. [see timid, adj.]
Softly; humbly; meekly; not boldly; without pride.
timidity, n. [L. timiditās.] (webplay: bold).
Fearfulness; anxiety; trepidation.
timidly, adv. [see timid, adj.]
Humbly; quietly; meekly.
timidness, n. [see timidity, n.]
Humility; meekness; anxiety; trepidation.
tincture (-ed), n. [L. tinctūra, a dyeing, tinging.]
Dye; color; hue; tinge; tint; drop of stain; [fig.] hint; touch.
tincture (-d), v. [see tincture, n.]
Color; stain; mark with dye; [fig.] characterize; give a quality to.
tinder, n. [OE tynder, to kindle.]
- Kindling; flammable stuff; combustible material; fuel for fire.
- Energy; ignition; life force; [fig.] potential; possibility.
tinge, n. [L. ting-ěre, to dye, color.]
Tincture; shade; tint; bit of tone; slight hint of color; [fig.] small bit; tiny portion.