tinglish
See also: Tinglish
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɪŋɡlɪʃ/
- Hyphenation: tingl‧ish
Adjective
tinglish (comparative more tinglish, superlative most tinglish)
- (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!