Etymology

demitint

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Today it means: That part of a painting, engraving etc. which is neither fully dark nor fully light. Full definition →

French demi-teinte
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  1. French · borrowed fromdemi-teinte
  2. English todaydemitint

Borrowed from French demi-teinte, or demi- + tint.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.