tinglish

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English

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Etymology

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From tingle +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tinglish (comparative more tinglish, superlative most tinglish)

  1. (rare) Tingly.
    • 1855, Robert Browning, “Old Pictures in Florence”, in Men and Women [], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, [], →OCLC, stanza 29, page 44:
      They pass: for them the panels may thrill, / The tempera grow alive and tinglish— / Rot or are left to the mercies still / Of dealers and stealers, Jews and the English!

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