pinto (PIN-to) adjective Marked with patches of white and another color. noun
1. Pinto horse: a horse having patches of white and another color. 2. Pinto bean: a variety of kidney beans having mottled seed. [From American Spanish pinto (spotted), from obsolete Spanish, from Vulgar Latin pinctus (painted), past participle of pingere (to paint). Ultimately from Indo-European root peig- (to cut, mark) that's the source of such words as paint, depict, picture, pigment, pint, and pimento.] Here are two other words to describe horses and other animals: piebald: spotted in black and white. skewbald: marked with patches of white and another color, but not black. Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=pinto "A black-faced, pinto-colored horse, Panda made her Central Massachusetts debut as a guide animal Saturday at the National Education for Assistance Dog Services campus." Mary Anne Magiera; Miniature Horses Make Fine Guides; Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, Massachusetts); Jun 11, 2002. "Add some extra veggies to some pinto or black beans and they are pretty good." Edmund Tijerina; Canary Island Wine is Coming This Way; San Antonio Express News (Texas); Oct 12, 2004. This week's theme: what does that car name mean? Today's word is the name of a now-discontinued car from Ford. For its safety problems and the manufacturer's negligence, Pinto has become a symbol for all such products: http://motherjones.com/news/feature/1977/09/dowie.html Next week: Autumn Contributing Membership Drive. Sponsors' Messages: Give an awesome stocking stuffer: Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty! Friends and family adore its fun colors and adult-sized handfuls: http://puttyworld.com A cure for brain drain! One brain-building, at-a-glance email a day helps keep embarrassing ignorance away. http://knowledgenews.net/s?s=aw041111 ............................................................................ I love my country too much to be a nationalist. -Albert Camus, writer, philosopher, Nobel laureate (1913-1960) Feeling information overload? Sign off a few mailing lists. If you wish to unsubscribe from AWAD, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the subject line of your message. Of course, we'd rather you stay with us. After all, it is only a `word' a day. (-: Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/pinto.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/pinto.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/pinto.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
