▪ I. tinto, n.1
(ˈtɪntəʊ)
[a. Sp. tinto tinted, deep-coloured, in vino tinto ‘a blackish wine in Spaine’ (Minsheu).]
Tent wine; = tent n.4 Also the name of a French wine: see quot. 1833. In recent use, short for vino tinto s.v. vino 3 or [Pg.] vinho tinto s.v. vinho (= red wine); a glass or drink of this.
| 1599 Minsheu Sp. Dict., Dial. 6 Which will you haue Sir, Sack or Tinto [Sp. blanco o tinto]? Marg., Tinto is a wine in Spaine red and blackish. 1833 C. Redding Wines (1851) 138 In the arrondissement of Montelimart [in France]..there is a vineyard..in the commune of Rochegude, and the wine produced there, called Tinto, sells for a hundred francs the hectolitre. 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade, Tinto, a red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts; and, when old, resembling tawny port. 1958 K. Amis I like it Here x. 128 What about some wine? Will you have the branco or the tinto? 1978 M. Walker Infiltrator iii. 35 We got to one of the Galician bars..and I ordered two tintos. |
▪ II. † tinto, a. and n.2 Obs.
(ˈtɪntəʊ)
[a. It. tinto dyed, tinted; a dye.]
adj. Tinted; n. a tint: see quots.
| 1686 W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. Explan. Terms, Tinto, is, when a thing is done only with one Colour, and that generally Black. 1739 E. Carter Algarotti on ‘Newton's Theory’ (1742) I. 203 You will see Colours and half Tintos appear. |